Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
Family: Herons, egrets, and bitterns
Least Bittern is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
Both parents feed the young by regurgitating food.
Thanks to its habit of perching among the reeds, the least bittern can feed from the surface of water that would be too deep for the wading strategy of other herons.
The female lays four or five eggs, in extreme cases from two to seven.
Past answer
- BirdGuess #8 · Sep 6, 2026