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Erythrophoyx praetermissa = Ixobrychus flavicollis australis (black bittern)
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Erythrophoyx prætermissa (Sharpe) = Dupetor flavicollis australis (Lesson, 1831)
English: Black Bittern
Date 1898
Source Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum (Vol. 26 Plate V)
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912); Richard Bowdler Sharpe & W.R. Ogilvie-Grant (William Robert Ogilvy-Grant) (text)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ErythrophoyxPraetermissaKeulemans.jpg
Ixobrychus flavicollis australis is a subspecies of the black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis), a bird of Old World origin. The black bitterns breed in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia. The black bittern is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances. It feeds on insects, fish, and amphibians. The subspecies Ixobrychus flavicollis australis is found in the Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and western, northern, and eastern Australia.
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ixobrychus
Species: Ixobrychus flavicollis (Latham, 1790)
Synonyms: Dupetor flavicollis |
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