WoRMS taxon details
Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
345750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345750)
accepted
Species
Ardea stellaris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
(of Ardea stellaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Nomenclature
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(of Ardea stellaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Other
context source (Schelde)
Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gakthi | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Голям воден бик | [details] |
| Danish | rørdrum | [details] |
| Dutch | roerdomp | [details] |
| English | great bitternEurasian bitternbittern | [details] |
| French | butor étoilé | [details] |
| German | Rohrdommel | [details] |
| Hebrew | אנפה מסורטטת | [details] |
| Italian | tarabuso | [details] |
| Lithuanian | didysis baublys | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ευρασιατικός Ήταυρος | [details] |
| Norwegian | rørdrum | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | rørdrum | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | røyrdrum | [details] |
| Polish | bąk | [details] |
| Romanian | Buhai de baltă | [details] |
| Russian | выпь большаябольшая выпь | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | bonnán | [details] |
| Slovenian | bobnarica | [details] |
| Spanish | avetoro común | [details] |
| Swedish | rördrom | [details] |
| Turkish | balaban | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Бугай | [details] |
| Welsh | aderyn y bwn | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (775 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botaurus stellaris)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Ardea stellaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (775 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botaurus stellaris)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Ardea stellaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
