美洲麻鳽

分类位置

同属物种

Australasian Bittern

Australasian Bittern

黑鳽

Black Bittern

大麻鳽

Eurasian Bittern

小苇鳽

Little Bittern

Pinnated Bittern

Pinnated Bittern

形态与习性

The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a species of wading bird in the heron family. It has a Nearctic distribution, breeding in Canada and the northern and central parts of the United States, and wintering in the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America. It is a well-camouflaged, solitary brown bird that unobtrusively inhabits marshes and the coarse vegetation at the edge of lakes and ponds. In the breeding season it