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 lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botaurus*	Stephens, 1819	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ardea lentiginosus*	Rackett, 1813	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: Amerikaanse roerdomp sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: American bittern sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: Butor d'Amérique sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: aderyn y bwn America

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.