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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
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPelecaniformes
- FamilyArdeidae
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
- 47-090506-little-bittern-at-upper-ford-near-Sigri-.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Ixobrychus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Ixobrychus
- taxon name
- Ixobrychus
- Commons gallery
- Ixobrychus
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Encyclopedic overview
REDIRECT Botaurus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ixobrychus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.