{"id":24600,"date":"2012-10-30T15:31:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:17","slug":"little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Australasia. Birds from temperate regions in Europe and western Asia are migratory, wintering in Africa and further south in Asia, while those nesting in the tropics are sedentary. It is rare north of its breeding range.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Little Bittern\u00a0<i>Ixobrychus\u00a0minutus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-159-24600\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1069\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus-3.jpg\" title=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1068\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus-2.jpg\" title=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1067\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus-1.jpg\" title=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-bittern-ixobrychus-minutus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Australasia. 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