Little bittern
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The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. Ixobrychus is from Ancient Greek ixias, a reed-like plant and brukhomai 'to bellow', and minutus is Latin for 'small'.[2]
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Little bittern | |
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A little bittern in Majorca, Spain | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Ardeidae |
Genus: | Ixobrychus |
Species: | I. minutus |
Binomial name | |
Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
Range of I. minutus Breeding Resident Non-breeding | |
Synonyms | |
Ardea minuta Linnaeus, 1766 |
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