Waterbirds using the ecoregion include little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), and night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).    From Wordnik.com.  [West Saharan montane xeric woodlands] Reference

The threatened least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis exilis) and regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) are found, respectively, in marshes and low wet meadows (Gill, 1985, p. 308; Opler, 1985, p. 85).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA)] Reference

Several species threatened in Pennsylvania are also found in the marshes and lakes of Ecoregion 61b, including the least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis exilis), the American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), and the black tern (Chlidonias niger surinamensis) (Gill, 1985, pp. 307-314).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA)] Reference

These marshes are also the wintering ground for many ducks and provide summer habitat for herons, egrets, gallinules, and bitterns, including the least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis exilis) and the American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), which are threatened in Pennsylvania (Geyer and Bolles, 1979, p. 469; Gill, 1985, pp. 307-310).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA)] Reference

The authorities eventually shut the operation down, but not before Auntie Ethel lost her life savings. little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Web Comic List - Latest Webcomics] Reference

Other endangered or vulnerable birds that have been observed in mangroves of this ecoregion are the long-winged harrier (Circus buffoni), the dark-billed cuckoo (Coccizus melacoriphus), the boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), the striped-backed bittern (Ixobrychus involucris), the masked duck (Oxyura dominica), the red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis migrogenis) and the osprey (Pandion haliaetus), a boreal winter visitor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coastal Venezuelan mangroves] Reference

Species recorded in the area include golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus, bittern Botaurus stellaris, little bittern Ixobrychus minutus, night heron Nycticorax nycticorax, squacco heron Ardeola ralloides, purple heron A. purpurea, white stork Ciconia ciconia, glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellis, short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus, lesser kestrel Falco naumanni, hobby F. subbuteo, quail Coturnix coturnix, corncrake Crex crex spotted crake Porzana porzana, and stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria] Reference