• Synonyms Brown Bittern, Australian Brown Bittern, Australian Bittern
  • Old latin name for bird Ardea poiciloptila

Australasian Bitternbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, © Pieter de Groot Boersma
    New Zealand
  • 2.
    Territorial Call, male, © John Graff
    Australia
  • 3.
    Song, © Dan Lane
    New Zealand
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Australasian Bittern

  • Breeding region Australasia
  • Breeding subregion far sw WA, se QLD to se SA and Tasmania (sw, se Australia), North, South and Stewart is. (New Zealand), Ouvea (Loyalty Is.) and Grande Terre (New Caledonia; rare)

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AzerbaijaniAvstraliya danquşu
Bengaliি঄মস্ট্রমর঱ীয় ফগরা
BulgarianАвстралийски воден бик
Catalanbitó australià
Chinese褐麻鳽
Chinese (Traditional)褐麻鷺
Croatianaustralski bukavac
Czechbukač australský, Bukac australský
DanishAustralsk Rørdrum
DutchAustralische Roerdomp
EsperantoAŭstralazia botaŭro, bruna botaŭro
Estonianlõunahüüp
Finnishaustraliankaulushaikara
FrenchButor australien, Butor d’Australie, Butor d'Australie
GermanAustralischeRohrdommel, Australische Rohrdommel, Braunbart-Rohrdommel
Hungarianausztrál bölömbika
IcelandicBrúnþvari
ItalianTarabuso dell'australasia, Tarabuso australiano, Tarabuso australasiatico
Japaneseオーストラリアサンカノゴイ, オアストラリアサンカノゴイ
Lithuanianaustralinis baublys
MaoriMatuku
Norwegianaustralrørdrum
Norwegian NynorskAustralrøyrdrum
Polishbąk australijski, bak australijski
PortugueseSocó-boi-marrom, abetouro-da-oceânia
RussianАвстралийская выпь, Выпь австралоазиатская
SerbianAustralazijski vodeni bik
Slovakbučiak matuku
SpanishAvetoro australiano, Mirasol Australiano
Swedishaustralisk rördrom
TurkishAvustralya Balıkçılı, Avustralya Balabanı
Ukrainianбугай австралійський