New Zealand Bittern

extinct species of bird
Taxon fossil_taxon Q888549
New Zealand Bittern
Walter Lawry Buller (1838–1906) (Author); John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912) (Illustrator) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

New Zealand Bittern is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: extinct species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Botaurus[5]
  • Endemic to: New Zealand[6]
  • Taxon name: Ixobrychus novaezelandiae[7]
  • Commons category: Botaurus novaezelandiae[8]
  • Short name: B. novaezelandiae[9]
  • Taxon common name: New Zealand Bittern[10], Schwarzrückendommel[11], Avetorillo maorí[12], martinet menut de Nova Zelanda[13], bukáček novozélandský[14], kaoriki-väikehüüp[15], Maorirørdrum[16], Новозеландский волчок[17], オーストラリアヨシゴイ[18], Newzealandsk Dværghejre[19], uudenseelanninpikkuhaikara[20], új-zélandi törpegém[21], bączek nowozelandzki[22], bučiačik čiernochrbtý[23]
  • NZTCS conservation status: extinct[24]

Body

Identifiers

New Zealand Bittern's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 5006[25]. New Zealand Bittern's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45517758[26]. New Zealand Bittern's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480846[27]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 824075[28] and 560616[29].

Why It Matters

New Zealand Bittern has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . 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. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Botaurus novaezelandiae
    Itis tsn → 824075, 560616
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. novaezelandiae'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', '
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 560616, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 6w ago · Drow male · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → extinct
    Endemic to → New Zealand
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Parent taxon: Botaurus"
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