Category
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Little Bittern
species of bird
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
species of bird

Ixobrychus flavicollis
species of bird
Yellow Bittern
species of bird
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Botaurus
Botaurus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading birds from the heron family Ardeidae. The genus includes species that were previously placed in the genus Ixobrychus.
American Bittern
species of bird

Von Schrenck’s Bittern
species of bird

Least Bittern
species of bird

Pinnated Bittern
species of bird
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Botaurinae
Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family. They were called hæferblæte and various iterations of raredumla in Old English; the word "bittern" came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-Roman butitaurus, a compound of Latin būtiō (buzzard) and taurus (bull).
New Zealand Bittern
extinct species of bird

Black-backed Bittern
species of bird