Stripe-backed Bittern

Stripe-backed Bittern / Ixobrychus involucris

Stripe-backed Bittern

Here the details of the Stripe-backed Bittern named bird below:

SCI Name:  Ixobrychus involucris
Protonym:  Ardea involucris Tabl.Encyc.Meth.Orn. 3 livr.93 p.1127
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Ardeidae /
Taxonomy Code:  stbbit1
Type Locality:  Paraguay.
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Publish Year:  1823
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DEFINITIONS

IXOBRYCHUS
(Ardeidae; Ϯ Little Bittern I. minutus) Gr. ιξιας ixias  reed-like plant (cf. ιξος ixos  mistletoe); βρυχομαι brukhomai  to bellow (cf. βρυχω brukhō  to gnash the teeth); "G. 74. IXOBRYCHUS **), Sv. Rördrom.   1. minutus:  ...  Nidificat in arundinetis, et ova 5-6 alba ponir. Timidus clamat: gäck, gäck, gäck, gäck!  ...  2. stellaris:  ...  Hab. in locis paludosis arundinetis, passim  ...  Volitans alte clamat, fere ut Corvus: kroah! in terra vero mas murmurat sona violente; huh, huh ter sexies.  ...  ** Hab. genere fere Ardeæ; sed collo plus minusve crassiore femoribusque plerumque parum nudis.  N. gen. e graecis vocis Iξος arundo, et βρυχω fremo desumtum." (Billberg 1828); "Ixobrychus Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scand., 1, pt. 2, 1828, p. 166. Type, by subsequent designation, Ardea minuta Linné. (Stone, Auk, 24, 1907, p. 192.)" (Peters 1931, I, 120).   
Synon. Ardeiralla, Ardetta, Dupetor, Erodiscus, Erythrophoyx, Nannocnus, Xanthocnus.

involucris
L. involucrum  wrap, covering  < involvere  to cover; ex “Garza varia” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 361 (Ixobrychus).