Forest Bittern

Forest Bittern
Forest Bittern
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Zonerodius
Salvadori, 1882
Species: Z. heliosylus
Binomial name
Zonerodius heliosylus
Lesson, 1828

The Forest Bittern, Zonerodius heliosylus, is a bird indigenous to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is the only member of the genus Zonerodius and is also known as the New Guinea Tiger Heron.

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