Yellow Bittern
Botaurus sinensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,963
- Most observed in
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow bittern”.