Song of the least bittern Problems playing this file? See media help. The least bittern (Botaurus exilis) is a small heron, the smallest member of the...

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 little bittern (Botaurus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus. The little...

The Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae. There...

its similar looking sister clade, including the least bittern (Botaurus exilis). The stripe-backed bittern was formally described in 1823 by the French ornithologist...

or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genus Botaurus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in...

The black-backed bittern (Botaurus dubius), also known as the black-backed least bittern or Australian little bittern, is a little-known species of heron...

Bittern (pl. bitterns), or nigari, is the salt solution formed when halite (table salt) precipitates from seawater or brines. Bitterns contain magnesium...

egret, white ibis, common gallinule, roseate spoonbill, glossy ibis, least bittern, limpkin, mottled duck, northern rough-winged swallow, northern flicker...

The black bittern (Botaurus flavicollis) is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east...

also provide habitat for Yellow-headed blackbird King rail Black tern Least bittern This area also provides habitat for several turtle species including...

(Actinemys pallida), fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor), least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii)...

macaw Least auklet Least bittern Least boobook Least flycatcher Least grebe Least honeyguide Least nighthawk Least poorwill Least sandpiper Least seedsnipe...

Cinnamon bittern Black-backed bittern Von Schrenck's bittern Least bittern Black bittern Stripe-backed bittern Little bittern Yellow bittern Dwarf bittern Yellow-crowned...

The cinnamon bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern, breeding in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east...

Botaurus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading birds in the heron family Ardeidae. The genus includes species that were previously placed in the genus...

Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 75 species of herons, egrets, and bitterns in the family Ardeidae. They are distributed among 18 genera, some of which...

The yellow bittern (Botaurus sinensis) is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in the northern Indian Subcontinent, east to the Russian...

marshes and, in Florida, also on inland waters. In salt marsh areas, least bitterns will often associate with and make mixed colonies with grackles. Boat-tailed...

ground for several threatened or endangered bird species, including the least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis bogotensis), the Colombian ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis...

spoonbills. Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus (A) Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (A) Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus...

this family fly with their necks retracted. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus (B) Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (B) Great blue heron, Ardea herodias...

birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus LC Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis LC Great blue heron, Ardea herodias...

The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes...

Ardea herodias Great egret, Ardea alba Green heron, Butorides virescens Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea (C) Reddish egret...

Fourteen species have been recorded in Virginia. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis Great blue heron, Ardea herodias Gray...

Fourteen species have been recorded in New York. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus (B) Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (B) Great blue heron, Ardea herodias...

birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosa (n) Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (n) Great blue heron, Ardea herodias...

Twelve species have been recorded in Iowa. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis Great blue heron, Ardea herodias Great...