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Yellow Bittern
Botaurus sinensis
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About the Yellow Bittern
The yellow bittern (Botaurus sinensis) is a small bittern of Old World origins that breeds in the northern Indian subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan, and Indonesia. It is mainly a resident bird, but some northern birds migrate short distances. It has been recorded as a vagrant in Alaska.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Botaurus sinensis
- Family
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
Similar species
Other members of the herons, egrets, and bitterns family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
- Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
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