Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 16, 2013
Text last updated May 16, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Австралийски воден бик |
| Catalan | bitó australià |
| Czech | bukač australský |
| Dutch | Australische Roerdomp |
| English | Australasian Bittern |
| English (United States) | Australasian Bittern |
| Finnish | australiankaulushaikara |
| French | Butor d'Australie |
| French (France) | Butor d'Australie |
| German | Braunbart-Rohrdommel |
| Icelandic | Brúnþvari |
| Japanese | オーストラリアサンカノゴイ |
| Norwegian | australrørdrum |
| Polish | bąk australijski |
| Russian | Австралийская выпь |
| Serbian | Australazijski vodeni bik |
| Slovak | bučiak matuku |
| Spanish | Avetoro Australiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avetoro australiano |
| Swedish | australisk rördrom |
| Turkish | Avustralya Balabanı |
| Ukrainian | Бугай австралійський |
Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Ardea poiciloptila
Wagler, 1827. Systema Avium Ardea, [p.185] sp.28,note.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BOTAURUS
- botaurus
- poiciloptila / poiciloptilae / poiciloptilus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Australasian Bittern
