---
title: "Little Bittern"
description: "Botaurus minutus — Vogels. The little bittern (Botaurus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/little-bittern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Bittern

> Botaurus minutus — Vogels. The little bittern (Botaurus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae.

- Scientific name: *Botaurus minutus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 7068
- Wikidata: [Q25587867](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25587867)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1578961](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1578961)

## Names

- en: Little Bittern
- de: Zwergdommel
- es: Avetorillo
- fr: Blongios nain
- pt: Garça-pequena
- pl: Bączek (zwyczajny)

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1326), ES (778), IT (671), FR (459), CH (374), ZA (337), UA (330), PT (246), GR (169), RO (138), AT (131), DE (127)

## Summary

The little bittern (Botaurus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae.  This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.

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

## Photo

![Little Bittern](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-bittern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Дима Орлов · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88708494

## Machine access

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