Botaurus lentiginosus


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Noun1.Botaurus lentiginosus - a kind of bitternBotaurus lentiginosus - a kind of bittern      
bittern - relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
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belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) L., green heron (Butorides virescens virescens) L., great blue heron (Ardea herodias herodias) L., American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).
(2014), siendo dos especies residentes y diez especies migratorias neartico-neotropicales: Anas clypeata, Aythya collaris, Aythya americana, Podiceps nigricollis, Botaurus lentiginosus, Elanoides forficatus, Laterallus ruber, Porzana carolina, Tringa solitaria, Chlidonias niger, Ridgwayia pinicola y Setophaga nigrescens.
Twelve nocturnal BBA surveys (22 field-h) were conducted in 2005-2007 for the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola), Sora (Porzana carolina), American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio), Barred Owl (Strix varia), Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), and Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferous).