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Botaurus lentiginosus Yaboa Americana
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Photo: G. Beaton
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A shy marsh bird with brown streaks on the neck and breast. Length: 56-85 cm.; weight: 372-571 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Breeds in marshes over much of the USA and Canada. Rare winter visitor to marshes on Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: CICONIIFORMES; ARDEIDAE |
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References Bent, A.C. 1926. Life histories of North American marsh birds. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 135. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963). del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY. Gibbs, J. P., S. M. Melvin, and F. A. Reid. 1992. American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). No. 18 in The birds of North America (F. Gill, A. Poole, and P. Stettenheim, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. American Bittern, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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