Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Pinnated Bittern FAMILY - Ardeidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Botaurus pinnatus SYNONYMS - Ardea pinnata - (Lichtenstein MS) Wagler, 1829 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 16 Resident, species present all year. 3 Apparently secure in Belize 15 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 15 District Reference Belize 4 Corozal 6 Orange Walk 7 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting Dry season 8 Gallon Jug Sighting Dry season 7 Gallon Jug Dry season 6 Community Baboon Sanctuary 9 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 14 Private land, see comments 10 Private land, see comments 11 Government land Collected as voucher 14 Government land 10 Government land 13 Hydrologic Association Reference Belize River 10 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 12 1-200 m 13 1-200 m 14 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 9 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 10 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 12 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 10 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 14 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 5 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 14 Subtropical moist 13 Subtropical moist 12 General Distribution Comments 16* Common coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. 11* Big Falls 10* Airport Camp 3* Permanent resident common in coastal savannas. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 5 Wood, D. S., R. C. Leberman. 1987. Results of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Expeditions to Belize. III. Distributional Notes on the Birds of Belize. Annals Carnegie Museum. 56(6):137-160. 6 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 7 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1992. Distributional Notes and New Species Records in Belize. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 1(2):6-25. 8 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 9 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 10 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 11 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 12 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 13 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 14 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 15 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 16 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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