Yellow Bittern
Botaurus sinensis(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Yellow Bittern
The Yellow Bittern (Botaurus sinensis) 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: southern Asia, Malay Archipelago, New Guinea region, and southern OceaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Botaurus sinensis
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow Bittern
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea Sinensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- China.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.642
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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