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Little Bittern
Woudapie · Ixobrychus minutus
Africa's smallest heron, no bigger than a dove, and extremely hard to see. It clambers through reeds with a dark back and pale buff wing panels, freezing upright to blend in when alarmed. It hunts small fish, frogs and insects, and is mostly a summer visitor to Kruger's reedbeds.
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A tiny, secretive heron with creamy wing patches; much smaller than any other heron and rarely seen in the open.
Where to see it in Kruger
Creeps deep inside dense reedbeds at pans and quiet river edges, mostly in summer.
Did you know
When it feels in danger it freezes and points its bill straight up, hiding among reeds like a stripy stick.
Often confused with
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