common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) Artist John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Title Little Bittern, Ixobrychus minutus
Date (1885 - 1897)
Medium Watercolour on paper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Gerrard_Keulemans_-_Little_Bittern,_Ixobrychus_minutus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. Ixobrychus minutus is native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar.
