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The Little Bittern is a small wading bird found in wetland habitats across Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is notable for its secretive nature and distinctive booming call, making it an important indicator species for the health of reed beds and marsh ecosystems.
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Species
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Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCiconiiformes
- FamilyArdeidae
Habitatfreshwater
Maximum longevity: 6 years (wild)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ixobrychus
- Mass
- 147
- Image
- Ixobrychus minutus 3 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Botaurus minutus
- Commons category
- Ixobrychus minutus
- Commons gallery
- Ixobrychus minutus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon common name
- Zafimbano
- wingspan
- 49
- litter size
- 7
- egg incubation period
- 18
- endemic to
- Namdapha National Park
- short name
- B. minutus
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Encyclopedic overview
The little bittern (Botaurus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.
Taxonomy
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