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Alternative name: Australian Bittern

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Brisbane, Australia

Ixobrychus dubius

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South-western and eastern Australia and New Guinea

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Little Bittern or alternatively with the extinct New Zealand Bittern.

[edit] Habitat

Reedbeds

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase

• List of references

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