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Stripe-backed Bittern
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Herons, ibises & storks

Stripe-backed Bittern

Ixobrychus involucris (Vieillot, 1823)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishStripe-backed Bittern
DutchGestreepte Woudaap
SpanishHuairavillo
Chinese纹背苇𫛚
Sranan Tongosabaku (general name for the group)
Scientific nameIxobrychus involucris (Vieillot, 1823)

About this species

The stripe-backed bittern (Botaurus involucris) is a South American bird species belonging to the family Ardeidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus. Commonly found near freshwater swamps, marshes, lake shores and streams, stripe-backed bitterns are distributed in two disjunct populations in the north and south of the continent, spanning both sides of the Andes. Although increasingly researched worldwide, many details of its life history life are lacking, especially compared to other species in its sister clade like the least bittern (Botaurus exilis).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyArdeidae
GenusIxobrychus

In Suriname

13Records in Suriname
1959First record
2008Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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