Species Detail - American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Botaurus lentiginosus
American Bittern
NHMSYS0000530209 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
bolen
(Rackett, 1813)
bird
Species
19
17
17
12/11/1845
21/01/1990
16 January (recorded in 1964)
24 December (recorded in 1904)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), accessed 12 May 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/11177>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)