Avibase: Botaurus flavicollis australis (Black Bittern (australis))

Black Bittern (australis)

Botaurus flavicollis australis (Lesson, RP 1831)

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Botaurus
Scientific:
  Botaurus flavicollis australis

Original description

Citation:
(Lesson, RP 1831)

Reference:
Traité Orn. Tabl. Méth. livr.8 p.572

Imprint year:
1831

Protonym:
Ardea australis

Type locality:
'du Voyage de Peron'; Timor designated by Peters, 1931, Check-list Birds World, 1, p. 123.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111050#page/610/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
DB25F2A1E87E9539

Avibase ID:
avibase-DB25F2A1

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DB25F2A1

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824610

Geographic range:

Botaurus flavicollis australis: Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia (southwestern and north-central Western Australia in Pilbara region, northern and eastern Australia southward to eastern Victoria), and Bismarck Archipelago

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Black Bittern (australis)
French:
Blongios à cou jaune (australis)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black Bittern (australis) ( Botaurus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Black Bittern (australis) ( Botaurus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black Bittern (australis) ( Dupetor flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black Bittern (australis) ( Dupetor flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black Bittern (australis) ( Ixobrychus flavicollis australis)
Avilist 2025: Botaurus flavicollis australis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Botaurus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Botaurus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Botaurus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Botaurus flavicollis australis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Botaurus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ixobrychus flavicollis australis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dupetor flavicollis australis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Botaurus flavicollis

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