Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Ardeidae > Genus Botaurus

Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botaurus*	Stephens, 1819	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ardea lentiginosus*	Rackett, 1813	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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)

English-United States: American Bittern sources: Charles Hussey

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

Norwegian Bokmål: amerikarørdrum sources: Cat. Birds Sh. Pl. Dorset. [Pulteney] ed. 2 p. 14

Norwegian Nynorsk: amerikarøyrdrum sources: Cat. Birds Sh. Pl. Dorset. [Pulteney] ed. 2 p. 14

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (886 publications)
GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159839

Drs Cees Roselaar. Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96631