---
title: "Avetorillo Chino"
description: "Botaurus sinensis — Aves. The yellow bittern (Botaurus sinensis) is a small bittern of Old World origins that breeds in the northern Indian subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan, and Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/yellow-bittern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Avetorillo Chino

> Botaurus sinensis — Aves. The yellow bittern (Botaurus sinensis) is a small bittern of Old World origins that breeds in the northern Indian subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan, and Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Botaurus sinensis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 5375
- iNaturalist taxon: [1583066](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1583066)

## Names

- en: Yellow Bittern
- de: Chinarohrdommel
- es: Avetorillo Chino
- fr: Blongios de Chine

## Countries with the most observations

SG (943), TH (683), IN (643), TW (632), CN (587), MY (227), VN (202), HK (189), ID (139), LK (115), PH (101), KR (91)

## Summary

The yellow bittern (Botaurus sinensis) is a small bittern of Old World origins that breeds in the northern Indian subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan, and Indonesia. It is mainly a resident bird, but some northern birds migrate short distances. It has been recorded as a vagrant in Alaska.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_bittern

## Photo

![Avetorillo Chino](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-bittern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stefan C · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261689672

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-bittern?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).