Black-backed Bittern
Botaurus dubius(Mathews, GM, 1912)
English (US) Black-backed Bittern
The Black-backed Bittern (Botaurus dubius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: southwestern, northern, and eastern Australia (except Tasmania); winters to New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Botaurus dubius
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-backed Bittern
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1912)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ixobrychus minutus dubius
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1912)
- Type locality
- Herdman's Lake, southwestern Australia.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 18, no.3 p.234
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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