Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus - - at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa
Date 18 October 2015, 15:39
Source Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus - - at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa
Author Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.flickr.com/people/93242958@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_bittern,_Ixobrychus_minutus_-_-_at_Rietvlei_Nature_Reserve,_Gauteng,_South_Africa_(22094305940).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.