Black Bittern

How to identify

Field marks

1. All-black upperparts
2. Yellow sides of the neck
3. White underparts with heavy brown stripes
4. Rather long neck; long bill

Male, female and young

Juveniles resemble adults, but the upperparts are dark brown rather than black.

Where and when it's recorded

Black Bittern has been recorded at 623 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 23 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia1,699 records
2. Daintree Village Boat CruiseAustralia729 records
3. Cattana WetlandsAustralia404 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaAustraliaCambodiaThailandSri LankaChinaSingaporePhilippines

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

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