Storr had a couple of records of Little Bittern - I don’t know other details.
Also an early Atlas recorded this species from Groote Eylandt (Annotated Birds
of the Top End, Hilary Thompson and Denise Goodfellow, 1990).
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
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On 10 Jul 2014, at 4:56 pm, Nathan <> wrote:
> Hey everyone!
> The recent sighting of a Yellow Bittern in Brisbane, and particularly its
> previous misidentification as an Australian Little Bittern made me think
> that this mistake has probably been made before. GIS analysis shows that
> the majority of Northern Australia is actually far closer to the regular
> range of Yellow Bittern than it is to Little Bittern.
>
> As such I was wondering if any readers have information, and particularly
> photographs of Little Bitterns from Northern Australia, and if they could,
> would it be possible to forward me the photos? Especially if anyone has
> information of the Lake Argyle population of Little Bitterns. There are no
> specimens from the area, nor photographs that I have been able to find so
> any help there would be appreciated.
>
> Already I have found a previous record of Yellow Bittern on the mainland,
> and in-fact it was the first record that I chased up. The 2011 September
> Little Bittern from Broome, photos available on the Broome Bird
> Observatory's Flyway News from that month -
> http://www.broomebirdobservatory.com/flyways/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_29571.jpg
> - and photographed by Adrian Boyle - http://www.pbase.com/image/140381999.
> The identification has been confirmed by Jeff Davies and key features can
> be seen in both photographs. The photograph of it perched vaguely shows a
> longer bill than is expected in Little Bittern, but more tellingly the bird
> lacks the specific dark stripe down the centre of the throat that a Little
> Bittern should have. In flight the bird shows pure black greater primary
> covert feathers, whereas in Little Bittern they should have brownish
> edging.
>
> Thank you for any information you can provide!
>
> ~Nathan Ruser
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