Little bittern
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'.
| 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 | |
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Ardea minuta Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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