Schrenck's Bittern

This is a small species at 38 cm in length, with a short neck, longish yellow bill and yellow legs. The male is uniformly chestnut above, and buff below and on the wing coverts. The female and juvenile are chestnut all over with white speckles above, and white streaks below. When in flight, it shows black flight feathers and tail.

The Schrenck's Bittern is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Schrenck's Bittern, is a small bittern. It breeds in China and Siberia from March to July, and Japan from May to August. It winters in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Laos, passing through the rest of South-east Asia. It is an exceptionally rare vagrant as far west as Europe, with a single record from Italy as far back as 1912. It is named after Leopold von Schrenck, the nineteenth-century Russian naturalist. More

Widespread throughout its large range, the Schrenck's Bittern is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. References - * BirdLife International (2004). Ixobrychus eurhythmus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 26 November 2006. More

Widespread throughout its large range, the Schrenck's Bittern is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Copyright: Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia.org - Photo, Video and/or Article contributions are welcome! Please click here for info The Avianweb strives to maintain accurate and up-to-date information; however, mistakes do happen. More

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