Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ixobrychus
- Mass
- +142
- Image
- BitternDwarf.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Burkina Faso
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The dwarf bittern (Botaurus sturmii) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae that is widely distributed across Sub-Saharan Africa avoiding only the very arid regions. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.
Taxonomy