| Stripe-backed bittern | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Botaurus |
| Species: | B. involucris
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| Binomial name | |
| Botaurus involucris (Vieillot, 1823)
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The stripe-backed bittern (Botaurus involucris) is a South American bird species belonging to the family Ardeidae, which includes Herons, Egrets and Bitterns. It was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus. Commonly found near freshwater swamps, marshes, lake shores and streams, stripe-backed bitterns span over a wide distribution that divides into the northern and southern populations, spanning on both sides of the Andes.[2] Although increasingly recognized and researched worldwide, much life history details are lacking concerning this species, which remains understudied compared to its similar looking sister clade, including the least bittern (Botaurus exilis).
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ixobrychus involucris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22697294A93606613. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697294A93606613.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Behrstock, Robert A. (1996). "Voices of Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris, Least Bittern I. exilis, and Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus, with notes on distribution" (PDF). Cotinga 5 (5): 56 – via Neotropical Birding and Conservation.