Stripe-backed Bittern
Botaurus involucris(Vieillot, LJP, 1823)
English (US) Stripe-backed Bittern
The Stripe-backed Bittern (Botaurus involucris) 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: Colombia to the Guianas, southern Venezuela, central Argentina, and central ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Botaurus involucris
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Stripe-backed Bittern
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea involucris
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1823)
- Type locality
- Paraguay.
- Original description
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Ornithologie. 2nd ed. 3 livr.93 p.1127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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