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American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 26, 2014

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Distribution of the American Bittern - Range Map
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Distribution of the American Bittern

Recommended Citation

Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2014). American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/historic/hbw/amebit/1.0/introduction
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