Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
)
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Ciconiimorphae
(
)
- Garrod, 1874
- Order:
Ardeiformes
(
)
- Wagler, 1830
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
)
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
)
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
)
- Superfamily:
Ardeoidea
(
)
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Ardeidae
(
)
- Leach, 1820
- Subfamily:
Botaurinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Botaurini
(
)
- Genus:
Ixobrychus
(
)
- Billberg, 1828
- Specific name:
minutus
- Subspecies:
dubius
- Scientific name: - Ixobrychus minutus dubius Mathews 1912 Mathews 1912 Novit.Zool. 18 p.234
- Subspecies:
dubius
- Specific name:
minutus
- Genus:
Ixobrychus
(
- Tribe:
Botaurini
(
- Subfamily:
Botaurinae
(
- Family:
Ardeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ardeoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ardeiformes
(
- Superorder:
Ciconiimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ixobrychus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
I. cinnamomeus (Chestnut Bittern) · I. eurhythmus (Von Schrenck's Little Bittern) · I. exilis (Cory's Bittern) · I. exilis exilis (Least Bittern) · I. exilis hesperis (Least Bittern) · I. flavicollis (Black Bittern) · I. flavicollis flavicollis (Black Bittern) · I. involucris (Stripe-Backed Bittern) · I. minutus (Little Bittern) · I. minutus minutus (Little Bittern) · I. novaezelandiae (New Zealand Little Bittern) · I. sinensis (Chinese Little Bittern) · I. sinensis sinensis (Chinese Little Bittern) · I. sturmii (African Dwarf Bittern)
More Info
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Further Reading
- A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 85.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 120, p. 240.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1692283
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1030124
