Australian Brown Bittern

Order Ciconiiformes; Family Ardeidae (Herons & Egrets); Scientific name: Botaurus poiciloptilus; Common name: Australian Brown Bittern; Alternative common name: Australasian Bittern – Distribution in Australia: south-western Western Australia; south-eastern Australia between north of Brisbane in Queensland through most of eastern New South Wales, throughout Victoria west to west of Adelaide in South Australia and throughout Tasmania - Distribution outside Australia: New Zealand, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands.