Eurasian Bittern

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25709
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Summary

Eurasian Bittern is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,415 views/month, #1,318 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Botaurus[5]
  • Endemic to: Asan Conservation Reserve[6]
  • Taxon name: Botaurus stellaris[7]
  • Commons category: Botaurus stellaris[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Botaurus stellaris[9]
  • Commons gallery: Botaurus stellaris[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Short name: B. stellaris[13]
  • Taxon common name: Eurasian Bittern[14], Rohrdommel[15], Butor étoilé[16], Avetoro común[17], Tarabuso[18], Roerdomp[19], Rørdrum[20], Grootrietreier (Roerdomp)[21], Большая выпь[22], サンカノゴイ[23], rördrom[24], kaulushaikara[25], bölömbika[26], bąk (zwyczajny)[27]
  • Different from: Buhai[28], buhay[29]
  • Wingspan: 1.27 m[30]
  • Mass: 42 g[31], 2.906 kg[32], 2.017 kg[33]

Body

Identifiers

Eurasian Bittern's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 188376[34]. Eurasian Bittern's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511332[35]. Eurasian Bittern's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480910[36]. Eurasian Bittern's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174859[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Eurasian Bittern include buhay[38].

Why It Matters

Eurasian Bittern has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for it include buhay[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . rsis.ramsar.org. rsis.ramsar.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02014597-n
    Interlingual index id → i45941
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  2. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Near Threatened
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