Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ardeoidea > Family Ardeidae > Genus Botaurus

Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botaurus*	Stephens, 1819	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ardea stellaris*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gakthi sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Голям воден бик sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: rørdrum sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: roerdomp sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: bittern; Eurasian bittern; great bittern sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).

French: butor étoilé

German: Rohrdommel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρασιατικός Ήταυρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: אנפה מסורטטת sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: tarabuso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: didysis baublys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: rørdrum sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: rørdrum sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: røyrdrum sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: bąk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: Buhai de baltă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большая выпь; выпь большая sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: bonnán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: bobnarica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: avetoro común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: rördrom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: balaban sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бугай sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: aderyn y bwn

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.