Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (55)
- Subspecies (2)
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 30, 2015
Text last updated January 30, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootrietreier (Roerdomp) |
| Albanian | Gakthi |
| Arabic | واق أوراسي كبير |
| Armenian | Մեծ ջրցուլ |
| Asturian | Butoru euroasiñticu |
| Azerbaijani | İri dan quşu |
| Basque | Txori zezen arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Голям воден бик |
| Catalan | bitó comú |
| Chinese | 大麻鷺 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 大麻鳽 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大麻鳽 |
| Croatian | bukavac |
| Czech | bukač velký |
| Danish | Rørdrum |
| Dutch | Roerdomp |
| English | Great Bittern |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Eurasian Bittern |
| English (South Africa) | Eurasian Bittern |
| English (United States) | Great Bittern |
| Faroese | Mækjuglámur |
| Finnish | kaulushaikara |
| French | Butor étoilé |
| French (France) | Butor étoilé |
| Galician | Abetouro bruón |
| German | Rohrdommel |
| Greek | Ήταυρος |
| Hebrew | אנפה משורטטת |
| Hungarian | Bölömbika |
| Icelandic | Sefþvari |
| Indonesian | Bambangan erasia |
| Italian | Tarabuso |
| Japanese | サンカノゴイ |
| Korean | 알락해오라기 |
| Latvian | Lielais dumpis |
| Lithuanian | Didysis baublys |
| Malayalam | പെരുങ്കൊച്ച |
| Mongolian | Усны бух шувуу |
| Norwegian | rørdrum |
| Persian | بوتیمار بزرگ |
| Polish | bąk |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abetouro-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abetouro |
| Romanian | Buhai de baltă |
| Russian | Большая выпь |
| Serbian | Vodeni bik |
| Slovak | bučiak veľký |
| Slovenian | Velika bobnarica |
| Spanish | Avetoro Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avetoro común |
| Swedish | rördrom |
| Thai | นกยางแดงใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Balaban |
| Ukrainian | Бугай водяний |
| Zulu | umabhocashile |
Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Ardea stellaris
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.144.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 58.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BOTAURUS
- botaurus
- stellaris
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Bittern
