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Black-backed Bittern

Botaurus dubius(Mathews, 1912)

Least ConcernNative
Order
PELECANIFORMES
Family
Ardeidae
Conservation
Least Concern

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The black-backed bittern, also known as the black-backed least bittern or Australian little bittern, is a little-known species of heron in the family Ardeidae found in Australia and vagrant to southern New Guinea. Formerly lumped with the little bittern, it is one of the smallest herons in the world. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Patchily in south-west WA, north WA to south VIC (south-west, north and east Australia); also south-central, north-central and south-east New Guinea.

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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