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Forest Bittern
Zonerodius heliosylus (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P 1828)
The forest bittern is a bird indigenous to New Guinea. It is the only member of the genus Zonerodius and is also known as the New Guinea tiger heron. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Zonerodius
Scientific:
Zonerodius heliosylus
Original description
Citation:
(Lesson, RP; Garnot, P 1828)
Reference:
Voy. Monde Coquille [Duperrey], Zool.
1, livr.7, 1 livr.16 p.722, pl.44
Imprint year:
1830
Protonym:
Ardea Heliosyla
Type locality:
New Guinea.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768616
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
5F70C7F341D7174D
Avibase ID:
avibase-5F70C7F3
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5F70C7F3
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174878
NEAR THREATENED
Geographic range:
- Zonerodius heliosylus: New Guinea, including Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands, northwest of New Guinea), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
Source: Clements checklist
Forest Bittern
Catalan:
Martinet tigrat de Nova Guinea
Czech:
bukač novoguinejský
Danish:
Ny Guinea-tigerhejre
German:
Bindenreiher
Spanish:
Avetigre Papú
Spanish (Spain):
Avetigre papú
Finnish:
papuanhaikara
French:
Onoré phaéton
Croatian:
novogvinejski gak
Italian:
Airone tigrato di foresta
Japanese (romaji):
papuatorafusagi
Japanese:
パプアトラフサギ
Lithuanian:
Miškinis garnys
Dutch:
Nieuw-Guinese Tijgerroerdomp
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Papuatigerhegre
Norwegian:
Papuatigerhegre
Polish:
tygryska papuaska
Portuguese:
Socó-boi-papúa
Portuguese (Portugal):
garça-tigre-da-papua
Russian:
Лесная выпь
Slovak:
tigrovanec lesný
Serbian:
Šumski vodeni bik
Swedish:
papuansk tigerhäger
Ukrainian:
Бушля лісова
Chinese:
林鳽
Chinese (Traditional):
林鳽
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Onoré phaéton ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Onoré phaéton ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 1st edition: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2021: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2022: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2023: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2024: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 4th edition: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2015: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2016: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2017: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2018: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Clements, version 2019: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 1.50: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 1.52: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 1.53: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 1.54: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 1.55: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2015: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2016: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2017: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2018: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2019: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2021: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2022: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2023: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| eBird version 2024: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): New Guinea Tiger-heron ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Zonerodius heliosylus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Zonerodius heliosylus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Zonerodius heliosylus |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Forest Bittern ( Zonerodius heliosylus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Zonerodius heliosylus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Zonerodius heliosylus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
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Bengali: ফন ফগরা
Bengali (transliteration): bana bagalā*
Catalan: Martinet tigrat de Nova Guinea
Czech: Bukac novoguinejský, bukač novoguinejský
Danish: Ny Guinea-tigerhejre
German: Bindenreiher, Binden-reiher, Neuguinea-Tigerreiher
English: Forest Bittern, Forest Heron, Forest Tiger-Heron, New Guinea Bittern, New Guinea Tiger Heron, New Guinea Tiger-Heron, Zebra Bittern
English, HBW: Forest Bittern
English (IOC): Forest Bittern
English (United States): Forest Bittern
Esperanto: Novgvinea tigrardeo
Spanish: Avetigre Papú, Avetigre Papua, Avetigre Papúa, Hocó del Bosque
Spanish (Spain): Avetigre papú, Avetigre Papúa
Spanish (HBW): Forest Bittern
Estonian: paapua tiigerhüüp
Finnish: Papuanhaikara
French: Butor de Nouvelle-Guinée, Onoré phaéton
Croatian: novogvinejski gak
Indonesian: Bambangan Rimba
Italian: Airone tigrato di foresta, Airone tigrato papua, Tarabuso delle foreste, Tarabuso tigrato delle foreste
Japanese (romaji): papuatorafusagi
Japanese: パプアトラフサギ
Kirghiz: токой кытаны
Scientific: Ardea Heliosyla, Zenerodius heliosylus, Zonerodius heliosylus
Lithuanian: Miškinis garnys
Dutch: Nieuwguinese Tijgerroerdomp, Nieuw-Guinese Tijgerroerdomp
Norwegian Nynorsk: Papuatigerhegre
Norwegian: Papuatigerhegre
Polish: tygryska papuaska, Tygyrska papuaska
Portuguese: Socó-boi-papúa
Portuguese (Portugal): garça-tigre-da-papua
Russian: Лесная выпь, Лесная цапля
Slovak: tigrovanec lesný
Serbian: Šumski vodeni bik
Swedish: Papuansk tigerhäger
Turkish: Kaplan Balıkçılı
Tatar: урман челэне
Ukrainian: Бушля лісова
Chinese: 林鳽
Chinese (Traditional): 林鳽
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