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Botaurus stellaris (great bittern)
Taxonomy
Ardea stellaris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Botaurus.
It was recombined as Botaurus stellaris by Hay (1930), Mlikovsky (2002), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Botaurus stellaris by Hay (1930), Mlikovsky (2002), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Ardea stellaris Linnaeus p. 144 |
| 1930 | Botaurus stellaris Hay p. 295 |
| 2002 | Botaurus stellaris Mlikovsky p. 69 |
| 2014 | Botaurus stellaris del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Botaurus stellaris Clements et al. |
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Botaurus stellaris Linnaeus 1758 [great bittern]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Thiollay 1994, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||