{"id":10525,"date":"2019-04-07T10:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T09:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=10525"},"modified":"2021-08-16T14:30:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:30:48","slug":"little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=10525","title":{"rendered":"Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– very small heron, slightly larger than Western Jackdaw<\/a> but longer wings
\n– nocturnal migrant
\n– migrates singly or in small flocks<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nLittle Bittern Ixobrychus m. minutus<\/em>, AD M<\/strong>
\nBIF2884, 11\/07\/2017, Wagh\u00e4usel, Germany, Martin Grimm
\n– very small heron, flight with rather fast wingbeats
\n– back, tail and wings dull black with ochre-white wing panel (diagnostic)
\n– feet protruding the tail<\/p>\n

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\nLittle Bittern Ixobrychus m. minutus<\/em>, AD M<\/strong>
\nBIF2884, 23\/06\/2017, Wagh\u00e4usel, Germany, Martin Grimm
\n– F (not yet photographed) would look like a duller, dark brown version of the M, wing panel more buffish<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– overslurred<\/em>, very nasal<\/em> sounding, single bursts
\n– energy centre at around 2kHz
\n– on average 1,8ms long
\n– dense and even partials<\/em>
\n– gaps between calls sometimes a few seconds long<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BIF2901-1_1-11_IXOMIN_NFC_20181208_0200_Ngulia-Kenya.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\nLittle Bittern Ixobrychus minutus<\/em> ssp.<\/strong>
\nBlack-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax <\/em>ssp. (in background)<\/strong>
\nBIF2901, 08\/12\/2018, Tsavo West NP, Kenya, Roland Neumann<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BIF2902-1_1-10_IXOMIN_NFC_20181208_0205_Ngulia-Kenya.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\n– detail –<\/strong><\/em>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n– full overview –<\/strong><\/em>
\nLittle Bittern Ixobrychus minutus<\/em> ssp.<\/strong>
\nBlack-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax <\/em>ssp. (in background)<\/strong>
\nBIF2902, 08\/12\/2018, Tsavo West NP, Kenya, Roland Neumann<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black-crowned Night Heron<\/a> (v) (a)
\nStriated Heron (v)<\/p>\n

#waterbird<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – very small heron, slightly larger than Western Jackdaw but longer wings – nocturnal migrant – migrates singly or in small flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Little Bittern Ixobrychus m. minutus, AD M BIF2884, 11\/07\/2017, Wagh\u00e4usel, Germany, Martin Grimm – very small heron, flight with rather fast wingbeats – back, tail and … Continue reading Little Bittern
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