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    The New Zealand bittern (Botaurus novaezelandiae) is an extinct and enigmatic species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It was endemic to New Zealand and...
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    Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other...
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    black-backed bittern (Botaurus dubius) and the extinct New Zealand bittern (Botaurus novaezelandiae) were formerly considered subspecies of the little bittern. The...
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    of Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. It belongs to the bittern subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae. The Australasian bittern is best known...
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    as kūkupa (Northern Māori dialects), New Zealand pigeon or wood pigeon is a species of pigeon native to New Zealand. Johann Friedrich Gmelin described the...
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    Botaurus (category Bitterns)
    similar aquatic life. The genus contains 14 species, this includes the New Zealand bittern which is now extinct. Stephens, James Francis (1819). General Zoology...
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  • Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 74 species of herons, egrets, and bitterns in the family Ardeidae. They are distributed among 18 genera, some of which...
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    Ixobrychus. The bittern has sometimes been regarded as a subspecies of the little bittern (Botaurus minutus), or of the New Zealand bittern (Botaurus novaezelandiae)...
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    Silver Link and most recently as 4492 Dominion of New Zealand. Like the other members of its class, Bittern has worn many liveries throughout its career....
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    This is the list of the birds of New Zealand. The common name of the bird in New Zealand English is given first, and its Māori-language name, if different...
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    including the Philippines (where it is known as tikling), New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand (where it is known as the banded rail, or moho-pererū in Māori)...
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    2016-3.RLTS.T22697307A93607264.en. Retrieved 20 May 2022. "New Zealand little bittern | New Zealand Birds Online". www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 21 May...
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  • boobook New Ireland dwarf kingfisher New Ireland friarbird New Ireland myzomela New Zealand bellbird †New Zealand bittern New Zealand falcon New Zealand fantail...
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  • malherbi CR New Zealand bittern (kaoriki), Ixobrychus novaezelandiae EX New Zealand dotterel (tuturiwhatu), Charadrius obscurus EN New Zealand falcon (kārearea)...
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    Ardeidae – herons, egrets, and bitterns Botaurinae – bitterns New Zealand bittern, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (New Zealand, late 19th century) Long considered...
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  • semiflavus) Robust white-eye (Zosterops strenuus) Family Ardeidae New Zealand bittern (Ixobrychus novaezelandiae) Bermuda night heron (Nyctanassa carcinocatactes)...
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  • storks, ibises and spoonbills. Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus - endangered New Zealand bittern, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (E) Great egret...
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  • Australian little bittern, Ixobrychus dubius - Aus, NZ New Zealand little bittern, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae - NZ, extinct Yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis...
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  • from New Zealand Matuku Island, Fiji Matuku (Tonga) Matuku-tangotango, monster in Māori mythology Māori language name for the Australasian bittern This...
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    Pikaihao (category Use New Zealand English from March 2024)
    as Bartle's bittern or the Saint Bathans bittern, is a genus and species of prehistoric small bittern from the Early Miocene of New Zealand. It was described...
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  • Holocene extinction of the New Zealand owlet‐nightjar Aegotheles novaezealandiae. Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand, 32(4), 653-667. Rando, Juan...
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    or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genus Botaurus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in...
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    one of the major geographical regions of Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. The area is south of the Auckland isthmus, and on the eastern shores...
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    Ōkārito Lagoon is a coastal lagoon on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is located 130 kilometres (81 mi) south of Hokitika, and covers...
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  • Australasian bittern and South Island fernbird. As with many wetlands in New Zealand, birds such as the pūkeko, black swan, New Zealand scaup and New Zealand shoveler...
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    Taranaki, New Zealand. State Highway 3 runs through it. It is 6 km north-east of the centre of New Plymouth and 1 km from the outer edge of New Plymouth...
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    Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari (category Use New Zealand English from March 2024)
    superciliosa) New Zealand bellbird (korimako) (Anthornis melanura) North Island brown kiwi (kiwi) (Apteryx mantelli) Australasian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)...
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  • Matuku otagoense (category Extinct birds of New Zealand)
    Worthy JP, Tennyson AJ, Scofield RP (2013). "A bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand". Paleontological Journal. 47 (11): 1331–1343...
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    Matukurua – The Two Bitterns". Manurewa Marae. Retrieved 30 March 2023. "Manurewa". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 30 March...
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    as storks, ibises and spoonbills. Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus (Ex) Black-backed bittern, Ixobrychus dubius Great egret, Ardea alba (A)...
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