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Ixobrychus

  • Cinnamon Bittern

    Cinnamon Bittern 
    (Cò lửa, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern

    The cinnamon bittern or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern of the family Ardeidae of the order Pelecaniformes.


    Ardeidae, Ardea: Latin word meaning "heron".
    The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ixias, a reed-like plant and brukhomai, to bellow.

  • Ixobrychus

    Ixobrychus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ixias, a reed-like plant and brukhomai, to bellow.

    1/ Black bittern (Cò hương, Ixobrychus flavicollis) 
    2/ Cinnamon bittern (Cò lửa, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern
    3/ Yellow bittern (Cò lửa lùn, Ixobrychus sinensis)
    4/ Von Schrenck's bittern or Schrenck's bittern (Cò nâu, Ixobrychus eurhythmus)

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