Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
ARDEIDAE
Genus
Botaurus
Species
poiciloptilus
Fauna
True
Mapping

Common name
Australasian Bittern
Alternate name
Australian Bittern
Historical
False
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QLD
Endangered
NSW
Vulnerable
EPBC
Endangered
APC
Vulnerable
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
True
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
True
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Rare
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Terrestrial wetlands and occasionally estuarine habitats. Few records for Queensland
Known location
Broadbeach - Hope Island, Tallebudgera Creek, Numinbah Valley, Eagleby, Carrara, Coombabah
Other locality
Riparian dependent
True
Wetland dependent
True
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
True
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations