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The dwarf bittern (Ixobrychus sturmii) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae.

Distribution

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain (the Canary Islands), Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1] It is a rare vagrant in the Western Palearctic (which consists of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East), with several sightings in the Canary Islands.[2] Two individual were observed on the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands in the winter of 2017.[3]

Description

It is a small bittern, and the same size as the little bittern, to which it is closely related.

Conservation

It is designated least concern.[1]

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