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Little or Australian Bittern

Ixobrychus [minutus or dubius] (= Ixobrychus minutus) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The little bittern or common little bittern 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". Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Ixobrychus
Scientific:
  Ixobrychus minutus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Ardea minuta

Type locality:
  Switzerland.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/244/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A762DF980FFC9DF2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A762DF98

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A762DF98


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174850

Geographic range:

  • Ixobrychus minutus minutus: Central and s Europe to Siberia; North Africa
  • Ixobrychus minutus payesii: Africa south of the Sahara
  • Ixobrychus minutus podiceps: Madagascar
  • Ixobrychus dubius: SW and e Australia and New Guinea
English:
Little or Australian Bittern
French:
Blongios nain ou B. d'Australie


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Little Bittern ( Ixobrychus minutus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ixobrychus minutus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ixobrychus [minutus or novaezelandiae]

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Kleinrietreier
Arabic: الواق الصغير
Asturian: Garcina
Azerbaijani: Kiçik danquşu
Belarusian: Чапля-лазянік
Bulgarian: Малък воден бик
Breton: Ar bongorz bihan
Catalan: Martinet menut
Catalan (Balears): Suís
Valencian: Gomet
Czech: Bukácek malý, bukáček malý
Welsh: Aderyn-bwn Leiaf, Aderyn-bwn lleiaf
Danish: Dværghejre
German: Zwergdommel
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Μικροτσικνιάς, Μικροτσικνιάς
Greek (Cypriot): Νανορωδιός
English: Little Bittern, Little or Australian Bittern
Esperanto: Malgranda botaûro
Spanish: Avetorillo, Avetorillo Común
Estonian: Väikehüüp
Basque: Amiltxori txikia
Finnish: pikkuhaikara
Faroese: Vætturhegri
French: Blongios nain, Blongios nain ou B. d'Australie
Irish: Bonnán Beag
Gaelic: Corra Ghrain Beag
Galician: Garza pequena
Manx: Coar veg
Hebrew: אנפית גמדית
Croatian: Čapljica Voljak
Hungarian: Pocgém
Armenian: Փոքր Ջրցուլ
Icelandic: Rindilþvari
Italian: Tarabusino
Japanese (romaji): ko yoshi goi, koyoshigoi
Japanese: コヨシゴイ, ヒメヨシゴイ
Japanese (Kanji): 小葦五位
Georgian: მცირე ყარაულა, პატარა ყარაულა
Kazakh: Кішкене кєлбұқа
Kazakh (Transliteration): kişkene kölbuqa
Korean (Transliteration): odoi bukh
Cornish: Clabyttour lyha
Kwangali: Mwene-mwene Hakaruu
Scientific: Ardea minuta, Ixobrychus [minutus or dubius], Ixobrychus minutus, Ixobrychus minutus minutus
Luxembourgish: Kleng Dommel
Lithuanian: Mažasis baublys
Latvian: Mazais dumpis
Malagasy: Fiandrivoditatratra
Macedonian: Мал воден бик
Mongolian: Бичил одойбух, Одой бух, Одой дэглий
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠯ ᠣᠳᠣᠢ ᠪᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠳᠣᠢ ᠪᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Бяцхан бух шувуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): bichil odoi-bukh, byatskhaŋ bykh shuvuu
Maltese: Russett tas-Sigar, Russett tas-Siġar
Dutch: Woudaap, Woudaapje
Norwegian: Dvergrørdrum
Polish: baczek, bączek, bączek zwyczajny
Pinyin: xiǎo wěi-yán
Portuguese: Garça-pequena
Romansh: Tarbegl pitschen
Romanian: Stârc pitic
Russian: Волчок, Выпь малая, Малая выпь, Малый волчок
Scots: Corra ghrain beag
Slovak: bučiačik močiarny, Bučiačik obyčajný
Slovenian: mala bobnarica
Albanian: Gakthi i vogel, Gakthi i vogël
Serbian: bukovčić
Sotho, Southern: Khoitinyane
Swedish: Dvärgrördrom
Swahili: Vumatiti Mdogo
Turkish: Küçük balaban, Кішкене көлбұқа
Tuvinian: Хыыргыыш коонгуу
Ukrainian: Бугайчик
Xhosa: Ihashe
Chinese: 小苇, 小苇鳽
Chinese (Traditional): 小葦鳽

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