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Species
Least Concernleast bittern
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCiconiiformes
- FamilyArdeidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations6,179
Se mantienen en densos sobrecrecimientos de "enea" (Typha sp.), juncos, pastizales altos en pantanos de agua dulce con hierbas, o en campos de arroz.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ixobrychus
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Least bittern (71430).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Ixobrychus exilis
- Commons category
- Botaurus exilis
- Commons gallery
- Botaurus exilis
- taxon common name
- garçote-pequeno
- wingspan
- 43
- litter size
- 3.7
- taxon range
- South America
- short name
- I. exilis
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Least Bittern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.