Little Bittern Botaurus minutus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (53)
- Subspecies (3)
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.1 — Published October 22, 2024
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinrietreier |
| Albanian | Gakthi i vogël |
| Arabic | واقة صغيرة |
| Armenian | Փոքր ջրցուլ |
| Asturian | Butorín común |
| Azerbaijani | Kiçik dan quşu |
| Basque | Amiltxori txiki eurasiarra |
| Bulgarian | Малък воден бик |
| Catalan | martinet menut comú |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小苇鳽 |
| Croatian | čapljica voljak |
| Czech | bukáček malý |
| Danish | Dværghejre |
| Dutch | Woudaap |
| English | Little Bittern |
| English (United States) | Little Bittern |
| Estonian | väikehüüp |
| Faroese | Smáglámur |
| Finnish | pikkuhaikara |
| French | Blongios nain |
| French (Canada) | Blongios nain |
| Galician | Galguiñeira común |
| Georgian | მცირე წყლის ბუღა (მცირე ყარაულა) |
| German | Zwergdommel |
| Greek | Μικροτσικνιάς |
| Gujarati | નાની પાનબગલી |
| Hebrew | אנפית גמדית |
| Hungarian | Törpegém |
| Icelandic | Rindilþvari |
| Italian | Tarabusino |
| Japanese | ヒメヨシゴイ |
| Kannada | ಸಣ್ಣ ಗುಪ್ಪಿ |
| Latvian | Mazais dumpis |
| Lithuanian | Mažasis baublys |
| Malayalam | ചിന്നക്കൊച്ച |
| Mongolian | Бичил одой бух |
| Norwegian | dvergrørdrum |
| Persian | بوتیمار کوچک |
| Polish | bączek |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garçote-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garçote-comum |
| Punjabi (India) | ਨਿੱਕੀ ਬਗਲੀ |
| Romanian | Stârc pitic |
| Russian | Волчок |
| Serbian | Čapljica |
| Slovak | bučiačik močiarny |
| Slovenian | Čapljica |
| Spanish | Avetorillo Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avetorillo común |
| Swedish | dvärgrördrom |
| Turkish | Küçük Balaban |
| Ukrainian | Бугайчик звичайний |
| Zulu | umacuthomncane |
Revision Notes
Shawn M. Billerman contributed to the Systematics section. Maria G. Smith prepared the account for the 2024 Clements taxonomy update.
Botaurus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Ardea minuta
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.240.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Switzerland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- BOTAURUS
- botaurus
- minutum / minutus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Little Bittern
