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Great Bittern (capensis)
Botaurus stellaris capensis (Schlegel, H 1863)
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Botaurus
Scientific:
Botaurus stellaris capensis
Original description
Citation:
(Schlegel, H 1863)
Reference:
Mus. Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas Rev. Coll.
livr.3 no.16 Ardeae p.48
Protonym:
Ardea stellaris capensis
Type locality:
Tatakon, South Africa, restricted to Wynberg, Cape Province, by Clancey, 1964, Birds Natal Zululand, p. 41.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51482#page/276/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
19713F47E340C246
Avibase ID:
avibase-19713F47
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/19713F47
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824447
English:
Great Bittern (capensis)
French:
Butor étoilé (capensis)
Great Bittern (capensis)
French:
Butor étoilé (capensis)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Bittern (capensis) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Bittern (capensis) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great Bittern (capensis) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Great Bittern (capensis) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Bittern (African) ( Botaurus stellaris capensis) |
| Avilist 2025: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Botaurus stellaris capensis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Botaurus stellaris
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Danish: Afrikansk Rørdrum
English: African Bittern, Cape Bittern, Great Bittern (African), Great Bittern (capensis)
French: Butor d'Afrique, Butor étoilé (Afrique), Butor étoilé (capensis)
Scientific: Ardea stellaris capensis, Botaurus capensis, Botaurus stellaris capensis
Polish: bak przyladkowy, bąk przylądkowy
Slovak: bučiak juhoafrický
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