New Zealand Bittern - BirdForum Opus

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The species New Zealand Bittern is extinct.

Alternative names: New Zealand Little-bittern, Brown-backed Little-bittern, Black-backed Bittern (beware of confusion with Ixobrychus dubius)

Ixobrychus novaezelandiae

Extinct Species
Photo by Chlidonias
Location: Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand

Artwork by lemurkat

Distribution

New Zealand. Extinct

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

The species has in the past been considered a subspecies of Little Bittern. Some authorities have also considered it conspecific with Black-backed Bittern from Australia.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) New Zealand Bittern. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/New_Zealand_Bittern

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