Nederlands: Woudaap uit Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven
English: Little bittern (Nest) from Nederlandsche vogelen (Dutch birds) by Nozeman and Sepp (1770-1829)
Author Cornelius Nozeman (1720–1786); Christiaan Andreas Sepp (ca 1710–1775); Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739–1811); Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
Object type Book
Description
English: Plate 30 from the Nederlandsche vogelen by Nozeman and Sepp.
Nederlands: Plaat 30 uit de Nederlandsche vogelen door Nozeman en Sepp.
Date between 1770 and 1829
Medium Print, coloured by hand
Current location
KB, National Library of the Netherlands Link back to Institution
Place of creation Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Notes
English:
Modern scientific name of bird depicted: Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Modern English name of bird depicted: Little bittern
Modern Dutch name of bird depicted: Woudaap
Dutch name as mentioned in book: Woffer, Houtpitoortje, Woudhopje
Latin name as mentioned in book: Ardeola
File number: 058c
Items depicted on plate: Nest
Source/Photographer
Plate with file number '058c' from "Nederlandsche vogelen" at the website of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nederlandsche_vogelen_(KB)_-_Ixobrychus_minutus_(058c).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.