GENUS, Botaurus, Brisson.
Bill rather short, stout, higher at the base than broad; the upper mandible curved towards the point; tarsi short; tibia feathered for the greater portion of its length ; feet very long ; claws long, moderately curved; neck short, densely feathered and thick.
BookTitle:
Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency
Reference:
Barnes, Henry Edwin. Handbook to the birds of the Bombay Presidency, 1885.
Title in Book:
Genus BOTAURUS
Year:
1885
Page No:
385
M_ID:
2189
M_SN:
Botaurus
Term name:
id:
12110
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