Artist John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Title Little Bittern, Ixobrychus minutus
Date (1885 - 1897)
Medium Watercolour on paper
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The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. Ixobrychus minutus is native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar.