Other uses Taxobox name Bitterns image LeastBittern23.jpg image caption Least Bittern regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae subfamilia Botaurinae subdivision ranks Genera subdivision Ixobrychus small Gustaf Johan Billberg Billberg , 1828 small br Botaurus small James Francis Stephens Stephens , 1819 small Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter necked, often more secretive members of this family. They were called h ferbl te in Old English language Old English the word bittern came to English language English from Old French language Old French butor , itself from Gallo roman butitaurus , a portmanteau of Latin b ti and taurus . ref cite encyclopedia editor Joseph P. Pickett et al. encyclopedia The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language title Bittern url http www.bartleby.com 61 77 B0287700.html accessdate 2006 07 04 edition 4th ed. year 2000 publisher Houghton Mifflin location Boston ref Bitterns form a monophyletic subfamily in the heron family, the Botaurinae . Bitterns usually frequent reedbeds and similar ... Ixobrychus contains mainly small species Little Bittern , Ixobrychus minutus Australian Little Bittern , Ixobrychus dubius New Zealand Little Bittern , Ixobrychus novaezelandiae extinct Cinnamon Bittern , Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Stripe backed Bittern , Ixobrychus involucris Least Bittern , Ixobrychus exilis Yellow Bittern , Ixobrychus sinensis Schrenck s Bittern , Ixobrychus eurhythmus Dwarf Bittern , Ixobrychus sturmii Black Bittern , Ixobrychus flavicollis The genus Botaurus is the larger bitterns American Bittern , Botaurus lentiginosa . Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern , Botaurus stellaris South American Bittern , Botaurus pinnatus Australasian Bittern , Botaurus poiciloptilus Botaurus hibbardi fossil The genus Zebrilus includes only one species Zigzag Heron or properly Zigzag Bittern ... more details
Bittern may refer to Bittern is a classification of wading birds in the heron family. Bittern salt is a waste product of solar salt operations rich in magnesium sulfate . Bittern, Victoria is a town in Australia. LNER Class A4 4464 Bittern , a preserved British steam locomotive. Boulton Paul Bittern , a British fighter aircraft design of the 1920s. HMS Bittern HMS Bittern , the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy . Operation Bittern , a British military operation in WWII See also Bitterne , a suburb of Southampton, England. The Bittern Line a railway in Norfolk, England. disambig ... more details
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bittern , after the bird, the bittern HMS Bittern 1796 was an 18 gun sloop launched in 1796 and sold in 1833. HMS Bittern 1840 was a 12 gun brig launched in 1840 and sold in 1860. HMS Bittern 1861 was to have been a wood screw sloop . She was ordered in 1861, but construction was cancelled in 1864. HMS Bittern 1869 was a wood screw gunvessel launched in 1869 and sold in 1887. HMS Bittern 1897 was an Avon class destroyer Avon class destroyer launched in 1897 and sunk in a collision in 1918. HMS Bittern was to have been a Bittern class sloop Bittern class sloop, but she was renamed HMS Enchantress L56 HMS Enchantress before her launch. HMS Bittern L07 was a Bittern class sloop, launched in 1937 and sunk in 1940. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Bittern, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
USS Bittern may refer to USS Bittern AM 36 was launched 15 February 1919 by Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama. USS Bittern AM 352 was laid down on 10 September 1943 at Portland, Oregon, by the Willamette Iron and Steel Corp. named Bittern on 11 April 1944 and launched on 21 June 1944. The cessation of hostilities, however, prompted the Navy to cancel the contract for her construction on 1 November 1945. USS Bittern MHC 43 was launched 4 March 1957 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., City Island, New York References DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs b6 list.htm Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Bittern Category United States Navy ship names pl USS Bittern ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type suburb name Bittern city Melbourne state vic image Bittern general store, Victoria.jpg caption Bittern General Store lga Shire of Mornington Peninsula alternative location map Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne longd 145.175 latd 38.339 postcode 3918 pop 3146 2006 ref name abs Census 2006 AUS id SSC21079 name Bittern State Suburb accessdate 2007 10 01 quick on ref area 35.6 est stategov Electoral district of Hastings Hastings fedgov Division of Flinders Flinders dist1 65 location1 Melbourne dist2 5 location2 Hastings, Victoria Hastings near nw near n Hastings, Victoria Hastings near ne near w Balnarring, Victoria Balnarring near e near sw Somers, Victoria Somers near s HMAS Cerberus, Victoria HMAS Cerberus near se Crib Point, Victoria Crib Point Bittern is a rural town in Victoria Australia Victoria , Australia , 49 km southeast from Melbourne s Melbourne ... Bittern, Hastings, Victoria Hastings , Crib Point, Victoria Crib Point , Somerville, Victoria ... is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula . It is served by Bittern railway station on the Stony Point ... route view 979 782 Frankston Flinders , accessed 6 June 2010 ref Bittern is named after the shy wetland bird, the Australasian Bittern , which reflects the suburb s location amongst significant areas of native bushland and dense coastal vegetation. ref name Bittern Citation last Westernport Tourism title Bittern url http www.visitwesternport.com.au index.php?cmspage 21 accessdate 2010 06 06 ref History and Present Day The town was part of the Coolart pastoral run of the 1860s. Bittern ... accessdate 2008 04 11 ref The railway opened for Bittern in 1889 and small scale commercial development began during the early 1900s. The town also has a primary school, Bittern Primary School, and a small basketball and netball stadium known as Graham Myers Sports Stadium or Bittern Memorial Stadium ... fr Bittern Victoria ... more details
Taxobox name Yellow Bittern status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Yellow Bittern.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Ixobrychus species I. sinensis binomial Ixobrychus sinensis binomial authority Johann Friedrich Gmelin Gmelin , 1789 Image Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis at Kolkata I IMG 2663.jpg thumb left Male in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . The Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis is a small bittern . It is of Old World origins, breeding in much of the Indian Subcontinent , east to Japan and Indonesia . It is mainly resident bird resident , but some northern birds bird migration migrate short distances. It has been ... crown. Image Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Immature in Kolkata W3 IMG 4649.jpg thumb left Immature ... ns. Protected status The Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis is protected under the Migratory Bird ... Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Immature taking off in a Typha species in Kolkata W IMG 4649.jpg Immature taking off in a Typha species in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . Image Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus ... , West Bengal , India . Image Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Immature in a Typha species in Kolkata W.jpg Immature on a Typha species in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . Image Yellow Bittern ... in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . Image Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Taking off at Kolkata I IMG 2650.jpg Male taking off in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . Image Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus ... Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Habitat at Kolkata I IMG 2653.jpg Habitat in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . Image Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis at Kolkata I IMG 2657.jpg Male in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . File Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis at Chiba JPN.jpg Seeking immature for feeding, Chiba Prefecture Chiba Japan July 2009 . File Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis child bird at Chia JPN.jpg Two immature, Chiba Prefecture Chiba Japan July 2009 . File Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus ... more details
Taxobox name American Bittern status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144716 title Botaurus lentiginosus downloaded 4 February 2009 . ref image ... small McCoy, 1963 small File American Bittern 01 web.jpg thumb American Bittern attempting to hide File American Bittern Nisqually NWR.jpg thumb American Bittern, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge The American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus ref Botaurus Latin language Latin for bittern lentiginosus ... Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris , though slightly smaller. It is convert 58 85 cm in abbr ... lb abbr on . ref http www.allaboutbirds.org guide American Bittern lifehistory 2011 . ref ref name .... ref Although common in much of its range, the American Bittern is usually well hidden in bogs ... bulrush es. If it senses that it has been seen, the American Bittern becomes motionless, with its ... than seen, this bittern has a call that resembles a congested pump. Like other members of the heron family, the American Bittern feeds in marsh es and shallow ponds, dining on amphibians , fish , insect s and reptile s. This bittern winters in the southern United States and Central America . It summers ... of the American Bittern which lived during the Late Pleistocene Olson, 1974 and would thus be called ... Pliny Pliny likened the Eurasian Bittern old world bittern s call to the roaring of a bull, boatum ... Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus is protected under the United States Migratory Bird Treaty Act ... AllAboutBirds BirdGuide American Bittern.html Cornell Lab of Ornithology American Bittern ... Bittern http www.enature.com fieldguides detail.asp?recnum BD0108 Enature.com American Bittern http www.sdakotabirds.com species american bittern info.htm South Dakota Birds American Bittern ... IBC Video on the Internet Bird Collection Commons Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern DEFAULTSORT Bittern, American Category Bitterns American Bittern Category Botaurus American Bittern Category Wading ... more details
Refimprove date July 2011 Taxobox name Least Bittern image Ixobrychus exilis.jpg image width 200px status ... exilis map.svg range map caption Distribution map of Least Bittern br Yellow breeding, green year round, blue nonbreeding The Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis is a small wading bird , the smallest heron found in the Americas . Image leastbittern.jpg thumb left Least Bittern in Florida This bird s underparts ... morning or near dusk. Taxonomy and nomenclature Least Bittern was originally described in 1789 by J. F. Gmelin based on specimens from Jamaica . ref name hbw Least Bittern forms a superspecies with Little Bittern and Yellow Bittern . ref name hbw A. Mart nez Vilalta & A. Motis, Least Bittern species ..., J.P., FA. Reid, and S.M. Melvin. 1992. Least Bittern. In A. Poole, P. Stettenheim and F. Gill editors ... Ornithologists Union, Washington, D.e. ref Cory s Least Bittern A dark rufous morphotype morph , neoxenus , termed Cory s Bittern or Cory s Least Bittern was originally described by Charles B. Cory ... http elibrary.unm.edu sora Auk v006n04 p0317 p0318.pdf A Second Specimen of Cory s Bittern Botaurus ... and Habits of Cory s Bittern The Auk , Vol. 8, No. 3 July 1891 , pages 309 10 ref Michigan , ref Watkins, L. Whitney 1895 http elibrary.unm.edu sora Auk v012n01 p0077 p0077.pdf Cory s Least Bittern ... Bittern The Auk , Vol. 22, No. 1 January 1905 , pages 77 78 ref Illinois , ref Eifrig, C. W. G. 1915 http elibrary.unm.edu sora Auk v032n01 p0098 p0099.pdf Cory s Least Bittern in Illinois The Auk , Vol ... sora Auk v065n01 p0080 p0085.pdf An Early Illinois Record of Cory s Least Bittern , The Auk ... v024n03 p0338 p0338.pdf Another specimen of Cory s Bittern The Auk , Vol. 24, No. 3 July 1907 , page ... http elibrary.unm.edu sora Auk v019n01 p0077 p0078.pdf Cory s Bittern The Auk , Vol. 19, No. 1 ... Bittern was accepted as a valid species, with Elliott Coues and Richard Bowdler Sharpe both including ... about the validity of Cory s Least Bittern as a separate species. ref name Scott Nonetheless, in 1896 ... more details
Taxobox name Black Bittern image Black Bittern I IMG 5079.jpg image caption in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Ixobrychus species I. flavicollis binomial Ixobrychus flavicollis binomial authority John Latham ornithologist Latham , 1790 The Black Bittern , Ixobrychus flavicollis , is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan , India and Sri Lanka east to China , Indonesia and Australia . It is mainly resident, but some northern birds bird migration migrate short distances. Image Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis in flight in Kolkata W.jpg thumb left in flight in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . This is a fairly large species at 58 cm in length, with a longish neck and long yellow bill. The adult is uniformly black above, with yellow neck sides. It is whitish below, heavily streaked with brown. The juvenile is like the adult, but dark brown rather than black. Their breeding habitat is reedbeds. They nest on platforms of reeds in shrubs, or sometimes in trees. 3 5 eggs are laid. They can be difficult to see, given their skulking lifestyle and reedbed habitat, but tend to fly fairly frequently, when the all black upperparts ... and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 . State of Victoria, Australia The Black Bittern is listed as threatened ..., the Black Bittern is listed as Vulnerable species vulnerable . ref name DSE200 cite book author ... Melbourne, Victoria pages 15 url isbn 978 1 74208 039 0 ref Gallery gallery File Black Bittern Dupetor ... , India . File Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis in Kinnarsani WS, AP W IMG 6111.jpg in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary , Andhra Pradesh , India . File Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis in Kinnarsani WS, AP W IMG 6108.jpg in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary , Andhra Pradesh , India . File Black Bittern ... Pradesh , India . Image Black Bittern I IMG 5080.jpg in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . gallery ... more details
Taxobox name Forest Bittern status NT status system IUCN3.1 image image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Zonerodius genus authority Tommaso Salvadori Salvadori , 1882 species Z. heliosylus binomial Zonerodius heliosylus binomial authority Ren Primev re Lesson Lesson , 1828 The Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus is a bird indigenous to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea . It is the only member of the genus Zonerodius and is also known as the New Guinea Tiger Heron. References IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144704 title Zonerodius heliosylus downloaded 3 February 2009 Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened. http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 3752&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet http zipcodezoo.com Animals Z Zonerodius heliosylus.asp Forest Bittern entry at Zipcode Zoo Category Birds of Southeast Asia Category Birds of Indonesia Category Genera of birds Pelecaniformes stub ca Zonerodius heliosylus de Bindenreiher fr Onor pha ton nl Zonerodius ... more details
Taxobox name Eurasian Bittern status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144718 title Botaurus stellaris downloaded 4 February 2009 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern. ref image Botaurus stellaris Marek Szczepanek .jpg image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Botaurus species B. stellaris binomial Botaurus stellaris binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae . It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA applies. Etymology The Latin for bittern ... in appearance to the to the American Bittern , Botaurus lentiginosa . The Eurasian or Great Bittern ... name b bittern index.asp The RSPB Bittern Bot generated title ref It usually inhabits Phragmites ... exists in southern Africa, ref Cite web last first title Eurasian Bittern, The Internet Bird Collection url http ibc.lynxeds.com species eurasian bittern botaurus stellaris accessdate 2009 02 16 postscript .... ref Allan, D.G., 1997. Bittern Botaurus stellaris . In The atlas of southern African birds. Vol. 1 ... Bittern is proposed as a rational explanation behind the mythical creature drekavac in short ... blockquote And the loud Bittern from the bull rush home br Gave from the Salt ditch side the bellowing ... a famous Gaelic poem The Yellow Bittern . His friend and fellow poet Francis Ledwidge wrote a celebrated Lament for Thomas McDonagh with the opening line He shall not hear the bittern cry . References ... birdguide name b bittern index.asp RSPB with sound file http www.arkive.org species ARK birds Botaurus stellaris ARKive Stills, video http www.bbc.co.uk nature species Eurasian Bittern BBC Wildlife Finder videos and information zh Category Botaurus Category Wading birds Bittern, Great Category ... more details
Taxobox name Australasian Bittern status EN status system iucn3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144719 title Botaurus poiciloptilus downloaded 4 February 2009 Database entry includes range map and justification for why the species is listed as endangered. ref image Hurepo.jpg image caption By J. G. Keulemans in Walter Lawry Buller Buller s , A History of the Birds of New Zealand regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Botaurus species B. poiciloptilus binomial Botaurus poiciloptilus binomial authority Johann Georg Wagler Wagler , 1827 The Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus , also known as the Brown Bittern , is found in south western and south eastern Australia , Tasmania , New Zealand , New Caledonia and Ouvea . Populations in Australia and New Zealand have declined in the 20th century. It is a large bittern , patterned and streaked brown, buff and black, with a pale throat. It is a Crypsis cryptic and partly nocturnal species that inhabits densely vegetated wetland s. It feeds on aquatic animals such as frog s, eel s and freshwater crustacean s. It is a solitary nester on the ground in dense wetland vegetation on trampled reeds and other plants. It has a distinctive booming voice and may be heard more often than seen. The principal cause of past and ongoing decline is thought to be wetland drainage and degradation. In Australia it is thought to be particularly sensitive to the destruction of drought refugia. Conservation status The Australasian Bittern is listed as Endangered on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 . The Australasian Bittern is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. ref http www.dse.vic.gov.au ... by John Gould. File Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus in the grass.jpg In the grass, Leeton ... University Press Melbourne. ISBN 0 19 553068 3 Commons Botaurus poiciloptilus Australasian Bittern ... more details
Taxobox name Little Bittern status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144708 title Ixobrychus minutus downloaded 3 February 2009 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern. ref image Ixobrychus minutus 3 Marek Szczepanek .jpg image caption an immature regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Ixobrychus species I. minutus binomial Ixobrychus minutus binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1766 The Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae , native to the Old World , breeding in Africa , central and southern Europe , western and southern Asia , and Madagascar . Birds from temperate regions in Europe and western Asia are bird migration migratory , wintering in Africa and further south in Asia, while those nesting in the tropics are sedentary. It is rare north of its breeding range. ref Rasmussen, Pamela C. and John C. Anderton 2005 Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide ref Description It is a very small bittern at 27 36 cm in length, 40 58 cm wingspan and 60 150 g weight. The smallest specimens are perhaps the smallest herons on earth. It has a short neck, longish bill and buff underparts. The male s back and crown are black, and the wings are black with a large white patch .... Ixobrychus minutus podiceps Bonaparte, 1855 . Madagascar, resident. The Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus dubius and the extinct New Zealand Little Bittern Ixobrychus novaezelandiae were formerly considered subspecies of the Little Bittern. ref cite book last Christidis first Les coauthors ... isbn 9780643065116 ref Status The Little Bittern is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA applies. Behaviour The Little Bittern ... Category Birds of Europe Category Birds of Turkey Category Birds of Iran Bittern, Little af ... more details
Taxobox name Pinnated Bittern image Botaurus pinnatus.jpg image width 240px status LC status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Botaurus species B. pinnatus binomial Botaurus pinnatus binomial authority Johann Georg Wagler Wagler , 1829 synonyms Ardea pinnata small Wagler, 1829 small range map range map width 240px range map caption The Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus , also known as the South American Bittern , is a large member of the heron family biology family Ardeidae found in the New World tropics . Like the other Botaurus bittern s, its plumage is mostly buffy brown and cryptically patterned. Though it is a widespread species, it is rarely seen &ndash presumably due to its skulking habits &ndash and much about its life history remains little known. Description The Pinnated Bittern is a large heron, measuring between 25 30 in 63.5 76 cm with a weight of roughly 1.8 lb 800 g Citation needed date November 2008 . Sexes are similarly plumaged, but females tend to be smaller than males and have ... Bittern gives a rough rawk rawk rawk Bird song call . During the breeding season, the male ... first described the Pinnated Bittern in 1829, placed it in the genus Ardea genus Ardea at that time. It is sometimes included in a superspecies with the American Bittern B. lentiginosus , while other ... Bittern is a bit misleading, as the species is found as far north as southern Mexico. Its range ... of rice Oryza and sugarcane Saccharum . ref name HBW The Pinnated Bittern is largely nocturnal . Though ... , all of which are typically taken in ambush ref name ss1989 . The Pinnated Bittern is a patient .... Breeding As typical for Botaurinae but unlike most herons , the Pinnated Bittern is a solitary ... Bittern. In aut del Hoyo, Josep Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World ..., Ithaca. small ISBN 0 8014 9600 4 small DEFAULTSORT Bittern, Pinnated Category Bitterns Category ... more details
Taxobox name Cinnamon Bittern image Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Jaunpur.JPG image caption A cinnamon bittern beside a paddy field in Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144713 title Ixobrychus cinnamomeus downloaded 2 February 2009 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern. ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Ixobrychus species I. cinnamomeus binomial Ixobrychus cinnamomeus binomial authority Johann Friedrich Gmelin Gmelin , 1789 range map Ixobrychus cinnamomeus map.svg The Cinnamon Bittern or Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus is a small bittern . It is of Old World origins, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Sri Lanka east to China and Indonesia . It is mainly resident, but some northern birds bird migration migrate short distances. This is a small species at 38 cm length, with a short neck and longish bill. The male is uniformly cinnamon above and buff below. The female s back and crown are brown, and the juvenile is like the female but heavily streaked brown below. When surprised on its nest or concerned, it assumes the characteristic attitude of bittern s, aptly termed the On Guard . The neck is stretched perpendicularly, bill pointing skyward, while the bird freezes, becoming astonishingly obliterated amongst its reedy environment. ref name ali daniel cite book last Ali first Salim authorlink Salim Ali ornithologist coauthors J. C. Daniel naturalist J C Daniel title The book of Indian Birds, Twelfth Centenary edition year 1983 publisher Bombay Natural History Society Oxford University Press address New Delhi ref Their breeding habitat is reedbeds. They nest on platforms of reeds in shrubs. 4 6 eggs are laid. They can be difficult to see, given their skulking lifestyle and reedbed habitat, but tend to emerge at dusk, when they can be seen creeping ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Dwarf Bittern image DwarfBittern byMarkTittley .jpg thumb DwarfBittern byMarkTittley status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Ixobrychus species I. sturmii binomial Ixobrychus sturmii binomial authority Johann Georg Wagler Wagler , 1827 synonyms The Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. 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 , Ethiopia , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Kenya , Liberia , Malawi , Mali , Mauritania , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Rwanda , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Somalia , South Africa , Spain , Sudan , Swaziland , Tanzania , Togo , Uganda , Zambia , and Zimbabwe . References IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 144714 title Ixobrychus sturmii downloaded 4 February 2009 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern. Category Ixobrychus Pelecaniformes stub af Dwergrietreier br Bongorz Sturm ca Martinet menut de Sturm de Graur ckendommel fr Blongios de Sturm pt Gar ote an o ... more details
Operation Bittern lang no Bittern ekspedisjonen , known as Bitern in the oldest sources ref cite book title Over grensen? first Arnfinn last Moland authorlink Arnfinn Moland page 88 publisher Orion language Norwegian location Oslo year 1999 isbn 82 458 0337 5 ref was a military operation in occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany occupied Norway planned and carried out in 1942 by the British Special Operations Executive SOE and the Nygaardsvold s Cabinet Norwegian government in exile in London. Four SOE agents and instructors Thor Helliessen, Jan Allan, Ruben Langmo and Johannes S. Andersen were sent to Norway and parachuted into Nordmarka north of Oslo in October 1942. ref name vold cite book title En kvinne ved navn Truls first Gerd last Vold Hurum page 117 publisher Wings language Norwegian location Oslo year 2006 isbn 82 992194 0 X ref Their primary mission was to help the resistance movement Milorg with the assassinations of Norwegian Nazis and informers by training selected Milorg personnel for the task. If asked by Milorg they would also help as executioners. ref name jch cite book title Jens Chr. Hauge &ndash fullt og helt first Olav last Nj lstad authorlink Olav Nj lstad pages 116 119 chapter Problemer med britene publisher Aschehoug language Norwegian location Oslo year 2008 isbn 978 82 03 22988 6 ref According to Chief of Defence, General Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen , the group should only act upon decisions by the Home Forces, and they brought no liquidation lists from the UK. ref name moland bittern Moland 1999 pp. 60 64 ref The problem was that the operation had not been approved by Milorg in advance. In a meeting between Milorg leaders Jens Christian Hauge and Arthur Hansson and the expedition leader, it turned out that Bittern operated with a list of persons ... Operation Bittern was severely criticized by the Norwegian Home Forces in letters and other communications ... Milorg , the government in exile and SOE, ref name moland bittern although eventually a more cooperative ... more details
Infobox rail line name Bittern Line color logo logo width image Roughton Road Railway station 10 Nov 2007 6 .JPG image width 300px caption type Heavy rail system National Rail status Operational locale East of England start stnlnk Norwich end stnlnk Sheringham stations 10 routes ridership open 1874 77 close owner Network Rail operator National Express East Anglia character Rural Branch line stock British Rail Class 153 Class 153 Sprinter train Sprinter br British Rail Class 156 Class 156 Sprinter train Sprinter br British Rail Class 170 Class 170 Turbostar linelength tracklength notrack 1 2 gauge Standard gauge RailGauge sg el speed elevation map map state collapsed Refimprove date March 2008 The Bittern Line ref http www.bitternline.com ref is a railway line from Norwich to Cromer then Sheringham ref OS Explorer Map 252 Norfolk Coast East . ISBN 978 0 319 23815 8. ref in Norfolk , England. It is one of the most scenic in the East of England traversing the Norfolk Broads on its route to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the North Norfolk Coast. The line is part of the Network Rail Network Rail Route 7 Great Eastern Strategic Route 7 , SRS 07.11 and is classified as a rural line. ref name NRR7 cite web url http www.networkrail.co.uk browse 20documents StrategicBusinessPlan RoutePlans 2009 Route 207 20 20Great 20Eastern.pdf title Route 7 Great Eastern publisher Network Rail accessdate 2009 05 20 ref It is named after the Eurasian BitternBittern , a rare bird found in the reedy wetlands of Norfolk. History The line was opened between Norwich and North Walsham in 1874 by the East ..., Norfolk Holt is preserved as the North Norfolk Railway . The Bittern Line Partnership was set up by Norfolk ... timetable will see the Sunday service improved from two hourly to hourly. Bittern Line Route ..., Saturday 24 April 2010 After a time period of 36 years the link between the Bittern Line and the North ... to not exceed 12 times a year. References Reflist External links http www.bitternline.com The Bittern ... more details
Infobox Melbourne railway station NAME Bittern IMAGELINK CAPTION Looking towards the city from the platform CODE BIT DISTANCE 66.6 km LINES Stony Point railway line Stony Point PLATFORMS 1 TRACKS 1 STATUS Unmanned station FACILITIES http www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au stop view 19830 Link TIMETABLES MELWAY http www.street directory.com.au sd3 map.php?x 145.17806063957505&y 38.33715662803223&l 13&mt 4 Link MAP http maps.google.com.au maps?q Bittern, Victoria&hl en&ll 38.336944,145.178318&spn 0.00457,0.009645&sll 38.305303,145.185989&sspn 0.004572,0.009645&vpsrc 6&hnear Bittern Victoria&t m&z 17 Link ZONE font color blue 2 font Bittern is a railway station in Melbourne , Victoria Australia Victoria , Australia , located in the suburb of Bittern, Victoria Bittern , on the Stony Point railway line . Bittern is unmanned and is in Metcard font color blue Zone 2 font . Facilities Bittern is located on to Frankston Flinders Road, which also provides station access. The station consists of one side platform , with small pebblemix shelters in the centre. Like all stations on the Stony Point line, the station contains no Metcard machine or validators, with passengers required to pre purchase tickets and validate them on arrival at Frankston railway station Frankston . ref cite web title Stony Point Line Ticket and validation machines publisher Metlink url http www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au news media releases metropolitan trains stony point line ticket and validation machines accessdate 2008 04 26 ref Platforms and services Platform 1 Stony Point railway line Stony Point line all stations services to Frankston, for connecting Frankston railway line Frankston line services to Flinders Street ... by Peninsula Bus Lines . History Bittern station opened on 17 December 1889. ref http www.vicsig.net index.php?page infrastructure&name Bittern VICSIG Infrastructure Bittern ref It is the former junction ... format dms type railwaystation region AU VIC display title DEFAULTSORT Bittern Railway Station ... more details
otherships USS Bittern Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag USN flag 1941 Ship name USS Bittern Ship namesake Ship ordered Ship builder Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama Ship laid down Ship launched 15 February 1919 Ship acquired Ship commissioned 28 May 1919, as Minesweeper No.36 Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship renamed Ship reclassified AM 36, 17 July 1920 Ship homeport Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship fate Scuttled in Manila Bay, 10 December 1941 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class sclass Lapwing minesweeper ship Ship displacement convert 840 LT t 0 abbr on Ship length convert 187 ft 10 in m abbr on Ship beam convert 35 ft 6 in m abbr on Ship draft convert 9 ft 10 in m abbr on Ship depth ... armament 2 convert 3 in mm abbr on guns br 2 machine guns Ship armor Ship notes USS Bittern AM 36 was a sclass Lapwing minesweeper ship in the United States Navy . She was named after the bittern, a bird of the heron family. Bittern was launched 15 February 1919 by Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding ... . Initial operations Bittern s first duty was as tender to the captured German submarine SM UB 88 ... East In January 1920 Bittern sailed for the Far East where she remained for the rest of her active ... attack by Japanese planes The Japanese air raid on Cavite Navy Yard on 10 December 1941 found Bittern undergoing repairs. Although not hit, Bittern suffered extensive damage from fire, near misses ... 15 3 . References DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs b6 bittern i.htm External links http uboat.net allies warships ship 5188.html uboat.net USS Bittern http www.america at war.net wwii1941.html America at War Lapwing class minesweeper coord missing Pacific Ocean DEFAULTSORT Bittern AM 36 Category ... World War I minesweepers of the United States Category Ships damaged by aircraft pl USS Bittern AM ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image HMS Bittern ablaze.jpg 300px Ship caption HMS Bittern ablaze in Namsos Fjord after having suffered a direct hit in the stern by a bomb. Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Royal Navy Ensign Ship class Bittern class sloop Bittern class sloop Ship name HMS Bittern Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder J. Samuel White , Cowes , Isle of Wight Ship laid down 27 August 1936 Ship launched 14 July 1937 Ship christened Ship acquired Ship commissioned 15 March 1938 Ship recommissioned Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship reclassified Ship refit Ship captured Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship fate Sunk by German bombers, 30 April 1940 Ship status Ship homeport Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship displacement 1,190 tons Ship tons burthen Ship length convert 266 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 37 ft m abbr on Ship draught Ship draft Ship propulsion Geared steam turbines on two shafts br 3,300 hp Ship speed convert 18.75 kn km h adj on Ship range Ship endurance Ship test depth Ship boats Ship capacity Ship complement ... Ship nickname Ship honours Ship notes pennant number L07 otherships HMS Bittern HMS Bittern was a Bittern class sloop Bittern class sloop of the Royal Navy . She was laid down on 27 August 1936 by J ... submarine attacks. The harbour came under regular air attack by the Luftwaffe , and on 30 April, Bittern was spotted and mistaken for an allied cruiser by a squadron of Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers. Bittern ... completed, Bittern was sunk with gunfire from HMS Carlisle D67 HMS Carlisle . In 2011 it was reported ... HMS Bittern at Uboat.net http www.royal naval reserve.co.uk namsen fjord reports2.htm A report on the situation in Namsen Fjord that day Bittern class sloop coord 64 28 N 11 30 E display title DEFAULTSORT Bittern Category Bittern class sloops Category Sloops of the Royal Navy Category World War ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image HMS Bittern ablaze.jpg 300px Ship caption HMS Bittern ablaze in Namsos Fjord after having suffered a direct hit in the stern by a bomb. Infobox Ship Class Overview Builders William Denny & Brothers , Dumbarton , United Kingdom br John Brown and Company John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited , River Clyde Clyde , UK br J. Samuel White J S White & Company , Cowes , UK Operators Royal Navy Class before Class after Subclasses Built range In commission range Total ships lost One, HMS Bittern Total ships retired Two Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship type Sloop of war Ship displacement 1190 Tons Ship length convert 266 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 37 ft m abbr on Ship draught Ship propulsion Geared steam turbines on two shafts br 3,300 hp Ship speed convert 18.75 kn km h adj on Ship range Ship complement 125 Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament Six 4 AA guns 3x2 br Four .5 AA guns 1x4 br Enchantress as designed br Four 4.7 guns 4x1 br Four .5 AA guns 1x4 br Depth charges Ship armour Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes The Bittern class sloop was a three ship class of long range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy . Design They were built as light, long range escort ships with limited anti air capability. They were fitted with Denny Brown fin stabilisers ... Bittern L07 HMS Bittern and HMS Stork L81 HMS Stork . HMS Enchantress , originally built as HMS Bittern ... Bittern . The design served as the basis for the Egret class sloop and the Black Swan class sloop Ships Careers class wikitable border 1 Ship Builder Launched Fate HMS Bittern L07 HMS Bittern ... Bittern , and completed as designed, but was lost to air attacks in the Norwegian campaign in 1940. HMS ... Bittern class sloops Bittern class sloop WWIIBritishShips Category Sloops of the Royal Navy Category Bittern class sloops ship type stub fi Bittern luokka sluuppi ... more details
Infobox begins Infobox settlement name Bittern Lake official name Village of Bittern Lake other name native name for cities whose native name is not in English nickname settlement type Village For Town or Village Leave blank for the default City motto image skyline imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image shield shield size city logo citylogo size image map Bittern Lake, Alberta Location.png mapsize 180px map caption Location of Bittern Lake, Alberta image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 image dot map dot mapsize dot map caption dot x dot y pushpin map Canada Alberta pushpin label position none pushpin map caption Location in Alberta pushpin mapsize 200 coordinates display inline,title coordinates region CA AB subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Canada subdivision type1 Provinces and territories of Canada Province subdivision name1 flag Alberta subdivision type2 List of regions of Canada Region subdivision name2 Central Alberta subdivision type3 List of census divisions of Alberta Census division subdivision name3 Division No. 10, Alberta 10 subdivision ... leader title1 Governing body leader name1 Bittern Lake Village Council leader title2 Members of the Canadian ... blank1 info Bittern Lake website http www.villageofbitternlake.ca Village of Bittern Lake footnotes Infobox ends Bittern Lake is a village in central Alberta , Canada . It is located between Camrose ... The population of the Village of Bittern Lake according to its 2008 municipal census is 232 ... 09 12 ref In 2006, Bittern Lake had a population of 225 living in 86 house dwellings , a 1.8 increase ...&Data Count&SearchText Bittern 20Lake&SearchType Begins&SearchPR 01&B1 All&GeoLevel &GeoCode 4810012 title Bittern Lake Community Statistics author Statistics Canada authorlink Statistics Canada year ... 20504.html AlbertaFirst Bittern Lake statistics Subdivisions of Alberta villages yes Category Villages in Alberta centralAlberta geo stub nl Bittern Lake ... more details
Taxobox name Black backed Bittern image Australian Little Bittern Sherwood Nov01.jpg image caption Black backed Bittern adult male image width 250px status Near Threatened status ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Ixobrychus species I. dubius binomial Ixobrychus dubius binomial authority Gregory Mathews Mathews , 1912 synonyms Ardea pusilla Vieillot, 1817. Ardetta pusilla Gould. Ixobrychus minutus dubius Mathews, 1912. Ixobrychus minutus alisteri Mathews, 1913. Ixobrychus minutus queenslandicus Mathews, 1914. Ixobrychus minutus victoria Mathews, 1915. Ixobrychus novaezelandiae dubius range map Ixobrychus dubius map.svg The Black backed Bittern Ixobrychus dubius , also known as the Black backed Least Bittern or Australian Little Bittern , is a little known species of heron in the Ardeidae family found in Australia and southern New Guinea . Only recently when date January 2011 separated from the Little Bittern as a full species, it is one of the smallest herons in the world. Taxonomy The bittern has sometimes been regarded as a subspecies of the Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus , or of the New Zealand Little Bittern Ixobrychus ... Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis than to the African and Palaearctic forms of the Little Bittern and is now ... 84 g range 60 120 g , ref Marchant & Higgins 1991 , p.1044. ref it is a very small bittern. The adult ... and movements Australia In Australia the bittern is found in the south east of the continent, with most ... ref Barrett et al. 2003 . ref New Guinea In New Guinea the bittern is found seasonally in the reedbeds ... The bittern was recorded from New Caledonia in 2001, where it bred. ref Barr & Bachy 2003 ... 1991 , p.1041. ref Voice Vocalisations of the bittern are poorly known. Outside the breeding ... External links http www.birdsaustralia.com.au our projects bittern survey.html Birds Australia Bittern Survey includes downloadable call of Australian Little Bittern DEFAULTSORT Black Backed Bittern Category ... more details
Taxobox name New Zealand Little Bittern image Ardettamaculata.jpg image caption New Zealand Little Bittern Adult male & Juv. male image width 260px status EX status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref BirdLife International ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Ardeidae genus Ixobrychus species I. novaezelandiae binomial Ixobrychus novaezelandiae binomial authority Alexander Callender Purdie A. C. Purdie , 1871 synonyms Ardea pusilla Vieill, 1817 br Ardetta punctata Gray, 1844 br Ardetta pusilla Gould, 1848 br Ardeola pusilla Bonap., 1855 br Ardeola novaezelandiae ... & Iredale, 1913 br Dupetor flavicollis P. L. Horn, 1980 The New Zealand Little Bittern Ixobrychus novaezelandiae ... Tennyson & Martinson. ref Common name s for this species include New Zealand Bittern , Spotted Heron ... s. ref name Buller Taxonomy The species has sometimes been regarded as a subspecies of Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus , or conspecific with the Australian Little Bittern , though it was first described ... subfossil bones of a bittern from Lake Poukawa which he named Dupetor flavicollis . In 1991 Philip Millener identified Horn s material as remains of the New Zealand Little Bittern. ref Worthy & Holdaway ref Description Although a small bittern, the species was larger length about 14.75 inches 38 cm ref name Purdie than the Little Bittern 25 36 cm . Few specimens are known, and of these there is even ... from Little Bittern include a larger buff patch on the upperwing, black upperparts streaked light ... Australasian Bittern s. The first scientific specimen was reportedly obtained at Tauranga ... places I never heard their cry. ref Buller. ref blockquote Feeding The bittern is recorded as eating ... of Bittern from the Lake District journal Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute volume 3 issue ... objectdetails.aspx?oid 710927&coltype art®no 2006 0010 1 2026&term Little Bittern New Zealand Little Bittern Kaoriki. Ixobrychus novaezelandiae. by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the book Extinct ... more details
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