---
title: "Avetorillo Canelo"
description: "Botaurus cinnamomeus — Aves. The cinnamon bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern, breeding in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/cinnamon-bittern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Avetorillo Canelo

> Botaurus cinnamomeus — Aves. The cinnamon bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern, breeding in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Botaurus cinnamomeus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1913
- iNaturalist taxon: [1583070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1583070)

## Names

- en: Cinnamon Bittern
- de: Zimtrohrdommel
- es: Avetorillo Canelo
- fr: Blongios cannelle

## Countries with the most observations

TW (400), IN (372), TH (170), MY (146), ID (129), CN (126), VN (78), SG (76), JP (47), PH (45), HK (34), BD (16)

## Summary

The cinnamon bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern, breeding in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_bittern

## Photo

![Avetorillo Canelo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cinnamon-bittern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99852993

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cinnamon-bittern?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).