American bittern: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the American bittern lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Botaurus lentiginosus
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	36 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Ardeidae

Where does the American bittern live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the American bittern in 6 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an American bittern?

Wikidata records the following for the American bittern: mass 36 g (birth weight).

Is the American bittern endangered?

The American bittern’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the American bittern?

The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the family Ardeidae, genus Botaurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the American bittern

The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a species of wading bird in the heron family. It has a Nearctic distribution, breeding in Canada and the northern and central parts of the United States, and wintering in the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America.

It is a well-camouflaged, solitary brown bird that unobtrusively inhabits marshes and the coarse vegetation at the edge of lakes and ponds. In the breeding season it is chiefly noticeable by the loud, booming call of the male. The nest is built just above the water, usually among bulrushes and cattails, where the female incubates the clutch of olive-colored eggs for about four weeks. The young leave the nest after two weeks and are fully fledged at six or seven weeks.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article American bittern (revision 1380651413), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q743017 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).