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| | Great Bittern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. |
 | | It is a large, chunky, brown bird, very similar to the American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosa. |
 | | Its folk names include barrel-maker, bog-bull, bog hen, bog-trotter, and butterbump, mostly refer to the mating call of the male, which is a deep fog-horn or bull-like boom, easily audible from a distance of 2 miles on a calm night. |
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