American Bittern
“Botaurus mugitans. American Bittern. Indian Hen. Stake-driver. Bog-Bull. Plumage of the upper parts singularly freckled with brown of various shades, blackish, tawny, and whitish; neck and under parts ochrey or tawny-white, each feather marked with a brown dark-edged stripe, the throat-line white, with brown streaks. A velvety-black patch on each side of the neck above. Crown dull brown, with buff superciliary stripe. Tail brown. Quills greenish-black, with a glaucous shade, brown-tipped. Iris yellow. Bill on the ridge brownish-black, the rest pale yellowish; a dark brown loral strip. Legs dull yellowish-green; claws brown.
Keywords
migratory birds, birds, wading birds, ornithology, North American birds, aquatic feeder, stalking birds, Botaurus mugitans, American Bittern, Indian Hen, Stake-driverGalleries
Birds: A-BSource
Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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