Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).
Vagrant to Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Northern and central America, from southern and central Canada to Panama; West Indies.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 3,000,000 (2010).
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) [XC419704]
by Justin Watts from Fraser-Fort George F, Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada (song)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) [XC618566]
by Paul Driver from San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call)
Subspecies
May form superspecies with Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus).
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RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7
BirdLife International Species Factsheet