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The least bittern (Botaurus exilis) is a small heron, the smallest member of the family Ardeidae found in the Americas. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus . Taxonomy
The little bittern was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus. A molecular phylogenetic study of the heron family Ardeidae published in 2023 found that Ixobrychus was paraphyletic and to create monophyletic genera, Ixobrychus was merged into the genus Botaurus that had been introduced in 1819 by the English naturalist James Francis Stephens ...
Botaurus exilis (formerly placed in Ixobrychus) Least bittern: southern Canada to northern Argentina Botaurus flavicollis (formerly placed in Ixobrychus) Black bittern: tropical Asia from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia Botaurus cinnamomeus (formerly placed in Ixobrychus) Cinnamon bittern
Least bittern (petit Blongios), Ixobrychus exilis (A) Great blue heron (grand Héron), Ardea herodias; Grey heron (héron cendré), Ardea cinerea (A) Great egret (grande Aigrette), Ardea alba (A) Little egret (aigrette garzette), Egretta garzetta (A) Snowy egret (aigrette neigeuse), Egretta thula (A) Little blue heron (aigrette bleue), Egretta ...
Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (A) Great blue heron, Ardea herodias (A) Great egret, Ardea alba; Snowy egret, Egretta thula (A) Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea (A) Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor; Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens; Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis; Green heron, Butorides virescens; Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax ...
Lake Tota is a breeding ground for several threatened or endangered bird species, including the least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis bogotensis), the Colombian ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis andina), the Bogotá rail (Rallus semiplumbeus) and Apolinar's wren (Cistothorus apolinari).
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[2] [4] Von Schrenck's bittern was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus. A molecular phylogenetic study of the heron family Ardeidae published in 2023 found that Ixobrychus was paraphyletic. To create monophyletic genera, Ixobrychus was merged into the genus Botaurus that had been introduced in 1819 by the English naturalist James Francis ...