Bittern

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title: Bittern
text: Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family. They were called hæferblæte and various iterations of raredumla in Old English; the word "bittern" came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-Roman butitaurus, a compound of Latin būtiō (buzzard) and taurus (bull). Bitterns usually frequent reed beds and similar marshy areas and feed on amphibians, reptiles, i
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Subfamily of birds
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittern
date created: 2003-05-02T07:25:30Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T03:37:14Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/American_Bittern_Seney_NWR_3.jpg","width":1686,"height":1491}
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