Stripe-backed Bittern (Ixobrychus involucris)
About the Stripe-backed Bittern
The stripe-backed bittern (Botaurus involucris) is a South American bird species belonging to the family Ardeidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus. Commonly found near freshwater swamps, marshes, lake shores and streams, stripe-backed bitterns are distributed in two disjunct populations in the north and south of the continent, spanning both sides of the Andes. Although increasingly researched worldwide, many details of its life history life are lacking, especially compared to other species in its sister clade like the least bittern (Botaurus exilis).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 36 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilisrecording
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutusrecording
- Yellow BitternIxobrychus sinensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.