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Ixobrychus

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Ixobrychus is a genus of birds within the family Ardeidae. It belongs to the class Aves and the phylum Chordata. The genus is classified under the order Pelecaniformes by GBIF, while WoRMS places it in the order Ciconiiformes. The taxon name was established by Billberg in 1828, and its status is accepted.

This genus inhabits both marine and freshwater environments. Records indicate its presence in Russia, the United States, Honduras, China, and Georgia. Specimens are held by institutions including RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, CAS, UF, and UCOCV. There are 94,911 occurrence records and 28 associated records for this genus.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPelecaniformes
  5. FamilyArdeidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations recorded94,911

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
Family
Ardeidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, CAS, UF, UCOCV, ANWC
Recorded in
Russia, United States, Honduras, China, Georgia, Algeria, Argentina, South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Botaurinae
Image
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Category:Ixobrychus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Ixobrychus
taxon name
Ixobrychus
Commons gallery
Ixobrychus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ixobrychus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.