Matuku / Australasian Bittern

Botaurus poiciloptilus

Camouflaged among reeds, males make a deep booming foghorn call that carries for kilometres.

Listen — Matuku / Australasian Bittern

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Photo: Christopher Stephens, “Botaurus poiciloptilus 109284574” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source. Resized for this site.

Audio: © Crown Copyright / Department of Conservation (NZ), “Australasian bittern” · CC BY 4.0 · source. Re-encoded to AAC.