- The
least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) is a
small heron, the
smallest member of the
family Ardeidae found in the Americas. The
least bittern was formally...
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Bitterns are
birds belonging to the
subfamily Botaurinae of the
heron family Ardeidae.
Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more
secretive than other...
- The
American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a
species of
wading bird in the
heron family. It has a
Nearctic distribution,
breeding in
Canada and the...
- The
Eurasian bittern or
great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a
wading bird in the
bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the
heron family Ardeidae. There...
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referred to as
egrets or
bitterns rather than herons.
Members of the
genera Botaurus and
Ixobrychus are
referred to as
bitterns, and,
together with the...
- The
little bittern or
common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a
wading bird in the
heron family, Ardeidae.
Ixobrychus is from
Ancient Gr**** ixias...
- The black-backed
bittern (Ixobrychus dubius), also
known as the black-backed
least bittern or
Australian little bittern, is a little-known
species of heron...
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Bittern (pl.
bitterns), or nigari, is the salt
solution formed when
halite (table salt)
precipitates from
seawater or brines.
Bitterns contain magnesium...
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similar looking sister clade,
including the
least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis). The stripe-backed
bittern is a
member of the
genus Ixobrychus in the Ardeidae...
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Ornithological Committee (IOC)
recognizes these 74
species of herons, egrets, and
bitterns in the
family Ardeidae. They are
distributed among 20 genera, some of which...