Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake with a depth of 0 to -53 meters (0 to -174 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.8     Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

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)

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Further Reading

• A manual of Philippine birds / by Richard C. McGregor. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1909. url p. 162, p. 162, p. 179, p. 728.
• A manual of Philippine birds, by Richard C. McGregor. .. Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1909. url p. 162, p. 179, p. 728.
• An early pleistocene avifauna from Inglis, Florida / by Gail Elaine Speaker Carr. 1981. url p. 18.
• Birds of the Kelley-Roosevelts expedition to French Indo-China, by Outram Bangs and Josselyn Van Tyne. 18 1931 Chicago, 1931. url p. 39.
• Birds of the Philippine Islands: Siquijor, Mount Malindang, Bohol, and Samar / Austin L. Rand and Dioscoro S. Rabor. 35 1958 Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. url p. 309, p. 321, p. 373.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 240, p. 41, p. 593, p. 8.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1958 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 21, fig. 7.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 153, p. 454.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 274, p. 321.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 122, p. 241.
• Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 179, p. 728.
• Distributional notes on Nepal birds [by] Robert L. Fleming and Melvin A. Traylor. 53 1968 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1968. url p. 154.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 21 2001 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 139.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 107 1948 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 27.
• The Mammals and birds of Camiguin Island, Philippines, a distinctive center of biodiversity / Lawrence R. Heaney, editor. 106 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2006. url p. 59, p. 70.
• The birds of Sibuyan Island, Romblon Province, Philippines: with particular reference to elevational distribution and biogeographic affinities / Steven M. Goodman, David E. Willard, Pedro C. Gonzales. 82 1995 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1995. url table 6 , table 5 , p. 15, p. 48, p. 50.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 17 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 644.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Ixobrychus cinnamomeus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2009. Ixobrychus cinnamomeus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8870
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174853
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13287057
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174853
• IUCN ID: 216893
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152867

Footnotes

1. Mean = 74.290 meters (243.734 feet), Standard Deviation = 609.970 based on 79 observations. [back]

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