Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Herons, Egrets and Bitterns :: Dwarf Bittern

Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii

Described by: Wagler (1827)
Alternate common name(s): African Dwarf Bittern, Rail Heron
Old scientific name(s): Ardeirallus sturmii

Photographs

Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain - Aug, 2002 © Ludovic Scalabre  Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain - Aug, 2002 © Ludovic Scalabre  Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain - Aug, 2002 © Ludovic Scalabre 
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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara;
Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, nw. and se. Angola, s. Chad, Central African Republic, s. Sudan, c. Ethiopia, s. Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, n. Tanzania, se. Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, s. Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, c. Namibia and e. South Africa (w. Natal, Transvaal). Ranges widely throughout Africa.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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