Ixobrychus

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Translingual

Ixobrychus minutus (little bittern)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ixobrychus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – certain of the bitterns.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Ciconiiformes – order; Ardeidae – family; Botaurinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Ixobrychus minutus (little bittern) - type species; Ixobrychus dubius (black-backed bittern), Ixobrychus exilis (least bittern), Ixobrychus flavicolis (black bittern, syn. Dupetor flavicollis), Ixobrychus involucris (stripe-backed bittern), Ixobrychus sinensis (yellow bittern), Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Von Schrenck's bittern), Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (cinnamon bittern), Ixobrychus sturmii (dwarf bittern) - other species

References

Ixobrychus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ixobrychus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ixobrychus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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