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Deliatodd-18346: References updated

Deliatodd-18346 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:10:49 GMT

References updated

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	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
	There are three subspecies		There are three subspecies
-	====Subspecies<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>====	+	====Subspecies====
		+	There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>:
	*''I. m. minutus'':		*''I. m. minutus'':
	:*Central and southern [[Europe]] to [[Siberia]]; North [[Africa]]		:*Central and southern [[Europe]] to [[Siberia]]; North [[Africa]]
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	''[[Media:Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3\|Listen in an external program]]''		''[[Media:Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3\|Listen in an external program]]''
	==References==		==References==
-	#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase	+	#{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#Avibase
	#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds]		#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds]
	{{ref}}.		{{ref}}.

Deliatodd-18346: Reference updated

Deliatodd-18346 — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:14:40 GMT

Reference updated

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-	[[Image:Little_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Steve+G\|Steve Garvie}} <br />Location: [[S'Albufera es Grau (S'Albufera des Grao)\|S'Albufera de Mallorca]]]]	+	[[Image:Little_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Steve+G\|Steve Garvie}} <br /> [[S'Albufera es Grau (S'Albufera des Grao)\|S'Albufera de Mallorca]]]]
	;[[:Category:Ixobrychus\|Ixobrychus]] minutus		;[[:Category:Ixobrychus\|Ixobrychus]] minutus
	==Identification==		==Identification==
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	''[[Media:Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3\|Listen in an external program]]''		''[[Media:Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3\|Listen in an external program]]''
	==References==		==References==
-	#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase	+	#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase
	#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds]		#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds]
	{{ref}}.		{{ref}}.

Wintibird at 19:16, 10 January 2011

Wintibird — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:16:45 GMT

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	[[Image:Little_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Steve+G\|Steve Garvie}} <br />Location: [[S'Albufera es Grau (S'Albufera des Grao)\|S'Albufera de Mallorca]]]]		[[Image:Little_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Steve+G\|Steve Garvie}} <br />Location: [[S'Albufera es Grau (S'Albufera des Grao)\|S'Albufera de Mallorca]]]]
	;[[:Category:Ixobrychus\|Ixobrychus]] minutus		;[[:Category:Ixobrychus\|Ixobrychus]] minutus
-	'''Includes: Australian Bittern'''
	==Identification==		==Identification==
	27-36 cm in length, 40-58 cm wingspan and 60-150 g weight.<br />		27-36 cm in length, 40-58 cm wingspan and 60-150 g weight.<br />
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	'''Northern Africa''': [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]], [[Egypt]]<br />		'''Northern Africa''': [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]], [[Egypt]]<br />
	'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />		'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
-	[[Image:Black-backed_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Subspecies ''dubius''<br />Photo by {{user\|Tom+Tarrant\|Tom Tarrant}}<br />Brisbane, [[Australia]]]]	+	[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnan\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]
	'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />		'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
	'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]]<br />		'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]]<br />
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	'''Middle East''': [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Qatar]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia]]<br />		'''Middle East''': [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Qatar]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia]]<br />
	'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />		'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />
-	'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]] <br />
	'''The [[Caribbean]]''': vagrant to [[Barbados]]<sup>[[#References\|[3]]]</sup>.		'''The [[Caribbean]]''': vagrant to [[Barbados]]<sup>[[#References\|[3]]]</sup>.
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
-	[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnan\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]	+	There are three subspecies
-	There are four subspecies	+
	====Subspecies<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>====		====Subspecies<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>====
	*''I. m. minutus'':		*''I. m. minutus'':
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	*''I. m. podiceps'':		*''I. m. podiceps'':
	:*[[Madagascar]]		:*[[Madagascar]]
-	*''I. m. dubius'':	+	[[Black-backed Bittern]] was split from this species.
-	:*South-western and eastern [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]	+
-		+
-	Some authorities have considered the Australian Little Bittern a subspecies of [[Black-backed Bittern]], but it is currently considered a subspecies of [[Little Bittern]] by most authorities.	+
	==Habitat==		==Habitat==
	Reedbeds		Reedbeds

Njlarsen: refs

Njlarsen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:21:44 GMT

refs

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	'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />		'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />
	'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]] <br />		'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]] <br />
-	'''The [[Caribbean]]''': vagrant to [[Barbados]].	+	'''The [[Caribbean]]''': vagrant to [[Barbados]]<sup>[[#References\|[3]]]</sup>.
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
	[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnan\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]		[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnan\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]
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	==References==		==References==
	#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase		#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
		+	#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds]
	{{ref}}.		{{ref}}.
	==External Links==		==External Links==

Njlarsen: format

Njlarsen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:19:33 GMT

format

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	'''Middle East''': [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Qatar]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia]]<br />		'''Middle East''': [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Qatar]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia]]<br />
	'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />		'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />
-	'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]]	+	'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]] <br />
	'''The [[Caribbean]]''': vagrant to [[Barbados]].		'''The [[Caribbean]]''': vagrant to [[Barbados]].
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==

Njlarsen: range

Njlarsen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:19:00 GMT

range

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	'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />		'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />
	'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]]		'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]]
		+	'''The [[Caribbean]]''': vagrant to [[Barbados]].
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
	[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnan\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]		[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnan\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]

Njlarsen: taxonomy

Njlarsen — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:39:51 GMT

taxonomy

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	*''I. m. dubius'':		*''I. m. dubius'':
	:*South-western and eastern [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]		:*South-western and eastern [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]
		+
		+	Some authorities have considered the Australian Little Bittern a subspecies of [[Black-backed Bittern]], but it is currently considered a subspecies of [[Little Bittern]] by most authorities.
	==Habitat==		==Habitat==
	Reedbeds		Reedbeds

Deliatodd-18346: Includes Australian Bittern. Photo moved from B-b Bittern

Deliatodd-18346 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:52:15 GMT

Includes Australian Bittern. Photo moved from B-b Bittern

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	[[Image:Little_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Steve+G\|Steve Garvie}} <br />Location: [[S'Albufera es Grau (S'Albufera des Grao)\|S'Albufera de Mallorca]]]]		[[Image:Little_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Steve+G\|Steve Garvie}} <br />Location: [[S'Albufera es Grau (S'Albufera des Grao)\|S'Albufera de Mallorca]]]]
	;[[:Category:Ixobrychus\|Ixobrychus]] minutus		;[[:Category:Ixobrychus\|Ixobrychus]] minutus
-		+	'''Includes: Australian Bittern'''
	==Identification==		==Identification==
	27-36 cm in length, 40-58 cm wingspan and 60-150 g weight.<br />		27-36 cm in length, 40-58 cm wingspan and 60-150 g weight.<br />
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	'''Northern Africa''': [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]], [[Egypt]]<br />		'''Northern Africa''': [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]], [[Egypt]]<br />
	'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />		'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
		+	[[Image:Black-backed_Bittern.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Subspecies ''dubius''<br />Photo by {{user\|Tom+Tarrant\|Tom Tarrant}}<br />Brisbane, [[Australia]]]]
	'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />		'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
	'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]]<br />		'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]]<br />

Deliatodd-18346: User templates amended

Deliatodd-18346 — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:15:33 GMT

User templates amended

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	The '''female''' has a browner back and a buff-brown wing patch.		The '''female''' has a browner back and a buff-brown wing patch.
	==Distribution==		==Distribution==
-	[[Image:15559little-bittern-fem.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Female<br />Photo by {{user\|john-henry\|v}}<br />Lesvos, [[Greece]], May 2004]]	+	[[Image:15559little-bittern-fem.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Female<br />Photo by {{user\|john-henry\|john-henry}}<br />Lesvos, [[Greece]], May 2004]]
	[[Africa]], central and southern [[Europe]], western and southern [[Asia]], and [[Australasia]].<br />		[[Africa]], central and southern [[Europe]], western and southern [[Asia]], and [[Australasia]].<br />
	'''Europe''': [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]], [[Faroe Islands]], The [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], [[Portugal]], [[Madeira]], [[Spain]], [[Ibiza]], [[Mallorca]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Monaco]], [[Switzerland]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Italy]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Belarus]], [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]], [[Albania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Greece]], [[Crete]], [[Corfu]], [[Malta]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Ukraine]]<br />		'''Europe''': [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]], [[Faroe Islands]], The [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], [[Portugal]], [[Madeira]], [[Spain]], [[Ibiza]], [[Mallorca]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Monaco]], [[Switzerland]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Italy]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Belarus]], [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]], [[Albania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Greece]], [[Crete]], [[Corfu]], [[Malta]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Ukraine]]<br />
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	'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]]		'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]]
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
-	[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnán\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]	+	[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnan\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]
	There are four subspecies		There are four subspecies
	====Subspecies<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>====		====Subspecies<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>====

Deliatodd-18346: Female & Flight photos added. Distribution & Taxonomy expanded. References

Deliatodd-18346 — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:07:07 GMT

Female & Flight photos added. Distribution & Taxonomy expanded. References

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	==Identification==		==Identification==
-	27-36 cm in length, 40-58 cm wingspan and 60-150 g weight. Buff underparts, black back and crown, wings are black with a large white patch on each wing. The female has a browner back and a buff-brown wing patch.	+	27-36 cm in length, 40-58 cm wingspan and 60-150 g weight.<br />
		+	Buff underparts, black back and crown, wings are black with a large white patch on each wing.<br />
		+	The '''female''' has a browner back and a buff-brown wing patch.
	==Distribution==		==Distribution==
-	[[Africa]], central and southern [[Europe]], western and southern [[Asia]], and [[Australasia]].	+	[[Image:15559little-bittern-fem.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Female<br />Photo by {{user\|john-henry\|v}}<br />Lesvos, [[Greece]], May 2004]]
		+	[[Africa]], central and southern [[Europe]], western and southern [[Asia]], and [[Australasia]].<br />
		+	'''Europe''': [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]], [[Faroe Islands]], The [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], [[Portugal]], [[Madeira]], [[Spain]], [[Ibiza]], [[Mallorca]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Monaco]], [[Switzerland]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Italy]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Belarus]], [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]], [[Albania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Greece]], [[Crete]], [[Corfu]], [[Malta]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Ukraine]]<br />
		+	'''Northern Africa''': [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]], [[Egypt]]<br />
		+	'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
		+	'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
		+	'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]]<br />
		+	'''African Islands''': [[Cape Verde]], Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Sao Tome]], [[Principe]], [[Madagascar]]<br />
		+	'''Middle East''': [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Qatar]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia]]<br />
		+	'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]]<br />
		+	'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia]]
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
		+	[[Image:Bird23.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Bonnán\|Bonnán}}<br />Ayia Reservoir, [[Crete]], October 2008]]
	There are four subspecies		There are four subspecies
		+	====Subspecies<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>====
		+	*''I. m. minutus'':
		+	:*Central and southern [[Europe]] to [[Siberia]]; North [[Africa]]
		+	*''I. m. payesii'':
		+	:*[[Africa]] south of the Sahara
		+	*''I. m. podiceps'':
		+	:*[[Madagascar]]
		+	*''I. m. dubius'':
		+	:*South-western and eastern [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]
	==Habitat==		==Habitat==
	Reedbeds		Reedbeds
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	<flashmp3>Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />		<flashmp3>Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
	''[[Media:Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3\|Listen in an external program]]''		''[[Media:Ixobrychus minutus (song).mp3\|Listen in an external program]]''
		+	==References==
		+	#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
		+	{{ref}}.
	==External Links==		==External Links==
	{{GSearch\|Ixobrychus+minutus}}		{{GSearch\|Ixobrychus+minutus}}