Species Detail - American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Bittern
NHMSYS0000530209
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
bolen
(Rackett, 1813)
Bird
Species
8
1
2
26/11/2015
13/12/2015
16 January (recorded in 1964)
24 December (recorded in 1904)
eBIRD, eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), accessed 19 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/435/Species/11177