IRMNG - Botaurus Stephens in Shaw, 1819

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Botaurus Stephens in Shaw, 1819

IRMNG_ID

1436026 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1436026)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ardeidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Bostaurus MacLeay, 1829 · unaccepted

Butaurus Smith, 1838 · unaccepted

Erogas Hogg, 1845 · unaccepted

Direct children (7)

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Species Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)
Species Botaurus pinnatus (Wagler, 1829)
Species Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827)
Species Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Botaurus australis Gould, 1848 accepted as Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827)
Species Botaurus poecilopterus Walker, 1892 accepted as Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827)
Species Botaurus poeciloptilus Bonaparte, 1855 accepted as Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

in Shaw, Gen. Zool. (Aves), 11 (2)
page(s): 592 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Botaurus Stephens in Shaw, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1436026 on 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-02-16 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description in Shaw, Gen. Zool. (Aves), 11 (2)
page(s): 592 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Erogas Hogg, 1845) Zoologist, 3 (35),
page(s): 1172 [details]

original description (of Bostaurus MacLeay, 1829) Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 16 (1)
page(s): 28 [details]

original description (of Butaurus Smith, 1838) Cape Ass. Expl. Afr., 1837
page(s): 17 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

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