IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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| American Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus lentiginosus | NA | widespread | MA and Caribbean |
| Australasian Bittern (VU) i | Ardeidae | Botaurus poiciloptilus | AU | far sw WA, se QLD to se SA and Tasmania (sw, se Australia), North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand), Ouvea (Loyalty Is.) and Grande Terre (New Caledonia; rare) | |
| Black Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus flavicollis | OR, AU | widespread | |
| Black-backed Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus dubius | AU | patchily in sc, nc, se New Guinea and far sw WA, ne WA to s VIC (sw, n, e Australia) | |
| Cinnamon Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus cinnamomeus | OR, PAL | Pakistan and Maldives through se, e Asia to e China, Ryukyu Is. (s Japan), s to Philippines and w, c, Indonesian Arch. | |
| Dwarf Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus sturmii | AF | widespread | |
| Eurasian Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus stellaris | PAL, AF | widespread | AF, n OR |
| Least Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus exilis | NA, MA, SA | e, sw USA to se Brazil | |
| Little Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus minutus | PAL, AF | s, c Europe to c Asia, nw India and Africa | |
| New Zealand Bittern (EX) i | Ardeidae | Botaurus novaezelandiae † | AU | South I. (New Zealand) | |
| Pinnated Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus pinnatus | MA, SA | e Mexico to ne Argentina | |
| Stripe-backed Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus involucris | SA | Colombia to Suriname, s Bolivia and s Brazil to c Chile and c Argentina | |
| Von Schrenck's Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus eurhythmus | PAL | se Siberia, Korean Pen., Japan and e China | Malay Pen. to Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Philippines |
| Yellow Bittern i | Ardeidae | Botaurus sinensis | PAL, IO, OR | Oman, Inner Is. (ne Seychelles), Pakistan and Sri Lanka through se Russia and Japan s to se Asia, Indonesian Arch., Philippines to w Micronesia | To s India, Andaman and Nicobar is. and Bismarck Arch. |
92% 12 species of 14 (1 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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