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The least bittern arrives on its breeding grounds about a month after the American bittern and leaves one or two months earlier. John James Audubon noted that a young captive least bittern was able to walk with ease between two books standing 4 cm (1.6 in) apart. When dead, the bird's body measured 5.7 cm (2.2 in) across, indicating that it ...
The American bittern is a large, chunky, brown bird, very similar to the Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris), though slightly smaller, and the plumage is speckled rather than being barred. It is 58–85 cm (23–33 in) in length, with a 92–115 cm (36–45 in) wingspan and a body mass of 370–1,072 g (0.816–2.363 lb).
South American bittern (Botaurus pinnatus) Australasian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) Little bittern (Botaurus minutus) Australian little bittern (Botaurus dubius) †New Zealand little bittern (Botaurus novaezelandiae) Cinnamon bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus) Stripe-backed bittern (Botaurus involucris) Least bittern (Botaurus exilis)
Australasian bittern: Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827) 9 American bittern: Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) 10 Pinnated bittern: Botaurus pinnatus (Wagler, 1829) 11 Stripe-backed bittern: Botaurus involucris (Vieillot, 1823) 12 Least bittern: Botaurus exilis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 13 Black bittern: Botaurus flavicollis (Latham, 1790) 14 ...
The least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) and the stripe-backed bittern (Ixobrychus involucris) were nested with members of the genus Botaurus. Hruska and collaborators resurrected the genus Calherodius Peters, 1931 to contain two night herons (the white-backed night heron and the white-eared night heron) that were previously placed in Gorsachius.
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American bittern: the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America Botaurus pinnatus: Pinnated bittern or South American bittern: Mexico to northern Argentina, though there are few records for Guatemala and Honduras Botaurus involucris (formerly placed in Ixobrychus) Stripe ...
In December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 8460 least concern avian species. [1] Of all evaluated avian species, 76.9% are listed as least concern. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN. This is a complete list of least concern avian species evaluated by the IUCN.