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title: "American Bittern"
description: "Botaurus lentiginosus — Uccelli. The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a species of wading bird in the heron family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/american-bittern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# American Bittern

> Botaurus lentiginosus — Uccelli. The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a species of wading bird in the heron family.

- Scientific name: *Botaurus lentiginosus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 12478
- Wikidata: [Q743017](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743017)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5034](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5034)

## Names

- en: American Bittern
- de: Nordamerikanische Rohrdommel
- es: Avetoro norteño
- fr: Butor d'Amérique
- nl: Noord-Amerikaanse roerdomp
- pt: Abetouro-americano
- pl: Bąk amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (8883), CA (2437), MX (181), CR (15), HN (7), BM (5)

## Summary

The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a species of wading bird in the heron family. It has a Nearctic distribution, breeding in Canada and the northern and central parts of the United States, and wintering in the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America.
It is a well-camouflaged, solitary brown bird that unobtrusively inhabits marshes and the coarse vegetation at the edge of lakes and ponds. In the breeding season it is chiefly noticeable by the loud, booming call of the male. The nest is built just above the water, usually among bulrushes…

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

## Photo

![American Bittern](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-bittern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brittany Killingbeck · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9753054

## Machine access

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