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Botaurus lentiginosus
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Bittern
Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 6666 6666 0713 0055 (2013-07-16)

Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Dec 14, 2011
  • latitude 39.32629   longitude -121.81569   max error distance 6018 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • georeferencing remarks Assumed referring to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
  • location   Gray Lodge Wildlife Area near Gridley (Butte County, California, US)
  • notes   The American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. New evidence has led the American Ornithologists' Union to move the heron family into the order Pelecaniformes (from Ciconiiformes).
  • CalAcademy slide #   American Bittern 111214 _7005083
  • photo category: Animal - Bird
  • original filename: American Bittern 111214 _7005083.jpg

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   American Bittern (photographer)
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