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Alternative name: Australian Bittern

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Brisbane, Australia
Ixobrychus dubius

Identification

Distribution

South-western and eastern Australia and New Guinea

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Little Bittern or alternatively with the extinct New Zealand Bittern.

Habitat

Reedbeds

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase

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