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 LC    Pinnated Bittern* Id (Atlas):
    Botaurus pinnatus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Pinnated Bittern, South American Bittern

Family
Ardeidae (Herons)

Size
64 - 76 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wagler, 1829)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Unknown to Honduras.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

 
Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus) [XC50337]
     by Miguel Angel Roda from 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina (call)

 
Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus) [XC50538]
     by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from San Javier, Santa Fe, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
May form superspecies with American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • pinnatus (Wagler, 1829)   -  South-eastern Nicaragua to Ecuador and Guianas, southern through Brazil to Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.
  • caribaeus Dickerman, 1961   -  Eastern Mexico.



References
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Files:
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