WoRMS taxon details
Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Size: small. Plumage: feathers of neck very long; colour patterns variable but immatures and some females heavily streaked....
Description Size: small. Plumage: feathers of neck very long; colour patterns variable but immatures and some females heavily streaked. Other details: bill very pointed with heavy serration before tip; nostrils slit-shaped; neck long. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159118 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Unreviewed
Description Size: small. Plumage: feathers of neck very long; colour patterns variable but immatures and some females heavily streaked. Other details: bill very pointed with heavy serration before tip; nostrils slit-shaped; neck long. [details]
