Editing Botaurus (section)

==Species==
The genus contains 14 species, this includes the [[New Zealand bittern]] which is now extinct.<ref name=ioc/>
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! Image !! Scientific name !! Common Name!! Distribution
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|[[File:Eurasian Bittern - Torrile - Italy 4528 (15409347121).jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus stellaris'' ||[[Eurasian bittern]]||[[File:Botaurus stellaris map.svg|150px]]<br>Europe and Asia from the British Isles, Sweden and Finland eastwards to Sakhalin Island in eastern Siberia and Hokkaido Island in Japan
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|[[File:Botaurus poiciloptilus (Australasian Bittern; Matuku) (48719316081).jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus poiciloptilus'' || [[Australasian bittern]]||[[File:Botaurus poiciloptilus map.svg|150px]]<br>Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Ouvea
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|[[File:American Bittern in California.JPG|120px]] || ''Botaurus lentiginosus'' || [[American bittern]] || [[File:Botaurus lentiginosus map.svg|150px]]<br>the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America
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|[[File:Botaurus pinnatus.jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus pinnatus''|| [[Pinnated bittern]] or South American bittern||[[File:Botaurus pinnatus map.svg|150px]]<br>Mexico to northern Argentina, though there are few records for Guatemala and Honduras
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|[[File:Ixobrychus involucris.jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus involucris'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')||[[Stripe-backed bittern]]|| [[File:Ixobrychus involucris map.svg|150px]] <br>Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and the island of Trinidad, and in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Brazil
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|[[File:Least Bittern Toronto 2018-05-26-2.jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus exilis'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')|| [[Least bittern]]||[[File:Ixobrychus exilis map.svg|150px]]<br>southern Canada to northern Argentina
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|[[File:Black bittern .jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus flavicollis'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')|| [[Black bittern]]|| [[File:Dupetor flavicollis map.svg|150px]] <br>tropical Asia from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia
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|[[File:Watching (26153786575).jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus cinnamomeus'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')|| [[Cinnamon bittern]]|| [[File:Ixobrychus cinnamomeus map.svg|150px]]<br>tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and Indonesia
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|[[File:Schrenk's Bittern fem - Kang Kra Chan - Thailand S4E4834 (14235609026).jpg|120px]] ||  ''Botaurus eurhythmus'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')|| [[Von Schrenck's bittern]]||  [[File:Ixobrychus eurhythmus map.svg|150px]]<br>Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Laos, China and Siberia
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|[[File:Dwarf bittern, Ixobrychus sturmii, at Harvey's Pans, Savuti in Chobe National Park, Botswana (31974132380).jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus sturmii''  (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')|| [[Dwarf bittern]]||[[File:Ixobrychus sturmii map.svg|150px]]<br> Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain (the Canary Islands), Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
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|[[File:Ixobrychus minutus 3 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus minutus'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'') ||[[Little bittern]] || [[File:IxobrychusMinutusIUCNvr2018 2.png|150px]]<br> Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar
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|[[File:YELLOW BITTERN.jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus sinensis'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')|| [[Yellow bittern]]||[[File:Ixobrychus sinensis map.svg|150px]]<br> northern Indian Subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan and Indonesia.
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|[[File:Australian Little Bittern Sherwood Nov01.jpg|120px]] || ''Botaurus dubius'' (formerly placed in ''Ixobrychus'')|| [[Black-backed bittern]]||[[File:Ixobrychus dubius map.svg|150px]]<br> Australia and southern New Guinea
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