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Dwarf Bittern

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Dwarf Bittern

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Also known as Ixobrychus sturmii

heron

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Vinony's link graph records 63 inbound references to Dwarf Bittern, and connects out to heron, binomial nomenclature and Least Concern.

Vinony files it under Botaurus, IUCN Red List least concern species and Taxonbars with automatically added original combinations.

Vinony links it to 34 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Сероспи́нный волчо́к (лат. Ixobrychus sturmii) — околоводная птица из рода малых выпей семейства цаплевых, обитающая в Африке.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ixobrychus
Mass
142
Image
BitternDwarf.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Ixobrychus sturmii
taxon name
Ixobrychus sturmii
taxon common name
garçote-preto-africano
wingspan
50
litter size
3.5
short name
I. sturmii
taxon range
Burkina Faso
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Encyclopedic overview

The dwarf bittern (Botaurus sturmii) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae that is widely distributed across Sub-Saharan Africa avoiding only the very arid regions. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dwarf Bittern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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