Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda (B), Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Iceland, Morocco, Portugal, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Population
Estimated population is 130,000 (2010).
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) [XC492421]
by Paul Driver from Whitemarsh Township (near Fort Washington), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States (call)
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) [XC368410]
by Russ Wigh from Sabine Nature Trail loop, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States (song)