Editing Botaurus (section)

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox 
| name = ''Botaurus''
| image = Botaurus lentiginosus 28079.JPG
| image_caption = [[American bittern]] (''Botaurus lentiginosus'')
| taxon = Botaurus
| authority = [[James Francis Stephens|Stephens]], 1819
| type_species = ''[[Botaurus stellaris|Ardea stellaris]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
| synonyms = Ixobrychus {{small|Billberg, 1828}}
}}

'''''Botaurus''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[bittern]]s, a group of wading [[bird|birds]] in the [[heron]] family Ardeidae. The genus includes species that were previously placed in the genus ''Ixobrychus''.