<skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Botaurinae (subfamily)</skos:prefLabel>
<skos:prefLabel xml:lang="la">Botaurinae (subfamily)</skos:prefLabel>
<skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">bitterns</skos:altLabel>
<skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">bittern</skos:altLabel>
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<skos:note xml:lang="en">Members of a subfamily containing 12 living species of solitary marsh birds, allied to the heron, but with shorter neck and stouter body. Bitterns typically have a camouflage pattern of streaks of variegated brown and buff, and when they stand with their bill pointed upwards they are able dissappear among the reeds and grasses of their habitat.</skos:note>
<skos:notation>300310534</skos:notation>
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