common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus, at Marievale Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa
Date 14 June 2014, 08:57
Source Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus, at Marievale Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa
Author Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_bittern,_Ixobrychus_minutus,_at_Marievale_Nature_Reserve,_Gauteng,_South_Africa_(14442434211).jpg
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.