Schrenck's Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)

Other Names (World)
Schrenck's Bittern, Von Schrenck's Bittern

Family
Ardeidae (Herons)

Size
33 - 42 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1873)

Derivation
Ixo-br�'-chus - Gk, ixos, reed; Gk, brychein, to roar: eurhythmus - ?

Abundance (Guide)
R-V

Possible vagrant to Australia.

Habitat
swamp areas near pools, in or near forest or secondary growth, sometimes in more open, well-vegetated wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), Indonesia (NB), Japan (B), Laos (NB), Malaysia (NB), Myanmar (NB), North Korea (B), Philippines (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Singapore (NB), South Korea (B), Taiwan (China) (NB), Thailand (NB), Vietnam (NB).

Vagrant to Hong Kong (China) (NB), Italy, Mongolia, Palau (NB).

South-eastern Siberia, Manchuria and Japan south to eastern China. Winters from southern China, Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Philippines.

Eastern China, North and South Korea, south-eastern Siberia, Ussuriland, Sakhalin, Japan, moving south in winter to Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines and Sulawesi.

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Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 25,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly and usually in flight.

Voice
A repeated, rhythmic 'oo oo oo' or 'gup-gup-gup' calls uttered at night in the breeding season' A low, gruff 'wek' uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Von Schrenck's Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) [XC733342]
by Frank Lambert from Fujin Hei Yupao National Wetlands Park, Heilongjiang, China (song)

Von Schrenck's Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) [XC319945]
by Ding Li Yong\/Robert Zhao from Muraviovka Park, Russian Federation (song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds eastern China, North and South Korea, south-eastern Siberia, Ussuriland, Sakhalin and Japan.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

Files:

JPG files for Schrencks Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) - 10 files

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