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Dwarf Bittern

Ixobrychus sturmii

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Ardeidae

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 The dwarf bittern was formally described in 1827 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler under the binomial name Ardea sturmii.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 1