Bitterns
Least Bittern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae
Genera
Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828 Botaurus Stephens, 1819

Bitterns are a classification of wading birds in the heron family Ardeidae. The Least Bittern ( Ixobrychus exilis) is a small wading Bird, the smallest Heron found in North America. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Traditionally the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large long-legged wading birds with large bills Storks Herons Egrets The herons are wading Birds in the Ardeidae family Some are called Egrets or Bitterns instead of herons Gustaf Johan Billberg ( June 14, 1772 - November 26, 1844) was a Swedish Botanist, Zoologist and Anatomist The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap James Francis Stephens ( September 16, 1792 - December 22, 1852) was an English Entomologist. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The herons are wading Birds in the Ardeidae family Some are called Egrets or Bitterns instead of herons Species named as bitterns tend to be the shorter necked, often more secretive members of this family. Called hæferblæte in Old English, the word bittern came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-roman butitaurus, a portmanteau of Latin būtiō and taurus. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Old French was the Romance Dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. ^[1] Bitterns form a monophyletic subfamily in the heron family, the Botaurinae. A clade is a taxonomic group comprising a single Common ancestor and all the descendants of that ancestor

Bitterns usually frequent reedbeds and similar marshy areas, and feed on amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish. Prehistoric amphibian Amphibians (class Amphibia such as Frogs Toads Salamanders Newts Gymnophiona, Sirens and Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two

Unlike the similar storks, ibises and spoonbills, herons and bitterns fly with their necks retracted, not outstretched. Storks are large long-legged long-necked wading Birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae. The ibises (pronounced /ˈaɪbɪsɪz/ are a group of long-legged wading Birds in the family Threskiornithidae. "Spoonbill" could also mean Northern Shoveler or Paddlefish.

The genus Ixobrychus contains mainly small species:

• Little Bittern, Ixobrychus minutus
• New Zealand Little Bittern, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (extinct)
• Cinnamon Bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
• Stripe-backed Bittern, Ixobrychus involucris
• Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
• Yellow Bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
• Schrenck's Bittern, Ixobrychus eurhythmus
• Dwarf Bittern, Ixobrychus sturmii
• Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis

The genus Botaurus is the larger bitterns:

• American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosa. Ixobrychus is a genus of Bitterns a group of wading Bird in the Heron family Ardeidae The Little Bittern ( Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading Bird in the Heron family Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in The New Zealand Little Bittern ( Ixobrychus novaezelandiae) was a species of Heron in the Ardeidae family In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. The Cinnamon Bittern or Chestnut Bittern ( Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) is a small Bittern. UserPolbot. -->The Stripe-backed Bittern ( Ixobrychus involucris) is a species of Heron in the Ardeidae The Least Bittern ( Ixobrychus exilis) is a small wading Bird, the smallest Heron found in North America. The Yellow Bittern ( Ixobrychus sinensis) is a small Bittern. The Schrenck's Bittern, Ixobrychus eurhythmus is a small Bittern. UserPolbot. -->The Dwarf Bittern ( Ixobrychus sturmii) is a species of Heron in the Ardeidae The Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis, is a Bittern. It is of Old World origins breeding in tropical Asia from India and Sri Lanka Botaurus is a genus of Bitterns a group of wading Bird in the Heron family Ardeidae The American Bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus)is a wading bird of the Heron family Ardeidae.
• Great Bittern or Eurasian Bittern, Botaurus stellaris
• South American Bittern, Botaurus pinnatus
• Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus
• Botaurus hibbardi (fossil)

The genus Zebrilus includes only one species:

• Zigzag Heron (or properly Zigzag Bittern), Zebrilus undulatus

Notes

1. ^ "Bittern". The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern ( Botaurus stellaris) is a wading Bird of the Heron family Ardeidae. The South American Bittern ( Botaurus pinnatus) widely known as the Pinnated Bittern, is a large member of the Heron family found in the New World The Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus, also known as the Brown Bittern is found in south-western and south-eastern Australia, Tasmania, FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for Telecommunications programs under the DOS Operating system. UserPolbot. -->The Zigzag Heron ( Zebrilus undulatus) is a species of Heron in the Ardeidae The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed. ). (2000). Ed. Joseph P. Pickett et al. . Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved on 2006-07-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples  

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