#0703 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Bittern

🇳🇱 Roerdomp ·Botaurus stellaris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The Eurasian bittern or great bittern ( Botaurus stellaris ) is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae. There are two subspecies, the northern race ( B. s. stellaris ) breeding in parts of Europe and Asia, as well as on the northern coast of Africa, while the southern race ( B. s. capensis ) is endemic to parts of southern Africa. It is a secretive bird, seldom seen in the open as it prefers to...

base stats

NL sightings 153iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,052iNaturalist observations
weight 2.9 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).