Least Bittern
LEAST BITTERN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin) ...
Least bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Identification Tips:
Length: 11 inches Wingspan: 17 inches
Very small wading bird
Buff face and sides to the neck
White chin, throat, foreneck and belly
Buff wing coverts visible in flight and at rest ...
Least Bittern
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The Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) is a summer resident over a large part of the United States including coastal and south Texas.
Least Bittern: Very small, secretive heron with black cap and back, and white throat and belly. Wings have conspicuous pale brown patches visible in flight. The bill, legs and feet are yellow.
Least Bittern
(Ixobrychus exilis)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2008
Breeding Status:-
1997 to 2001: Possible but not likely
2007 to 2011: Confirmed
This species is State Threatened.
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin)
Status Rare in summer. Breeds.
THE LEAST BITTERN.
[Least Bittern.]
ARDEA EXILIS, Wils.
[Ixobrychus exilis.] ...
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) ...
Least Bittern
Spring Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Red-winged Blackbird
Spring Sighting Information: abundant
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
The Least Bittern usually inhabits freshwater marshes in central and south Florida where it nests in low vegetation above the water or at the water's edge.
Genus Ixobrychus (least bitterns)
Genus Zebrilus (zigzag heron)
Subfamily Cochleariinae (boat-billed heron) ...
Similar Species: Least Bittern
Status: Populations generally stable to increasing. May be increasing its range to the north and west.
Tape-recorded calls of Pied-billed Grebe, American Bittern, Least Bittern, Virginia Rail, ...
Schrenck's Bittern, Schrenck's Least Bittern, Schrenck's Little Bittern, Von Schrenck's Little Bittern, Von Schrenk's Bittern, Schrenk's Bittern, Schrenk's Little Bittern
Bird Family :
Ardeidae - Egrets, herons & bitterns ...
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 ...
It is about 2 to 3 ft (61-91 cm) tall; the western and eastern least bitterns, genus Ixobrychus, are about half this size. Of the 12 species of bitterns, 8 constitute the smaller birds.
When pursued, it escapes by standing motionless with bill uplifted, its brown and yellow markings and striped neck blending with the marsh grasses . It is about two to 3 ft. tall. The Western and Eastern least bitterns are about half this size .
 See also: Bittern, Heron, American Bittern, Blue heron, Purple
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