| Cinnamon bittern | |
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| In Mangaon, Maharashtra, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Botaurus |
| Species: | B. cinnamomeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Botaurus cinnamomeus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Breeding Year-round Nonbreeding
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The cinnamon bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern, breeding in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ixobrychus.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ixobrychus cinnamomeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22697323A93608162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697323A93608162.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.