Cinnamon Bittern vs White-cheeked Pintail

Ixobrychus cinnamomeus compared with Anas bahamensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cinnamon Bittern	White-cheeked Pintail
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum same	Chordata (척삭동물)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class same	Aves (새)	Aves (새)
Order	Pelecaniformes (사다새목)	Anseriformes (기러기목)
Family	Ardeidae	Anatidae
Genus	Ixobrychus	Anas
Species	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	Anas bahamensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Cinnamon Bittern and White-cheeked Pintail share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (새)

Conservation Status

Cinnamon Bittern

LC — Least Concern

White-cheeked Pintail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cinnamon Bittern	White-cheeked Pintail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cinnamon Bittern

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.

White-cheeked Pintail

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel), Europe (9 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Cinnamon Bittern

The cinnamon bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) is a small heron in the family Ardeidae, widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan and India east through Southeast Asia to China, Japan, and the Philippines, south through Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It inhabits wetlands including rice paddies, reedbeds, marshy grasslands, and the margins of ponds and rivers, where it stalks prey in dense emergent vegetation. The plumage is entirely cinnamon-brown in males, while females are more streaked. Like other small bitterns, it has a cryptic freezing posture—stretching its neck vertically to blend with reeds—when alarmed. The cinnamon bittern is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, with a widespread and abundant Asian distribution. It is entirely absent from Europe; database records citing Norway are data artifacts. This species is highly tolerant of rice cultivation and degraded wetlands, making it one of the more adaptable Asian herons. However, wetland loss from drainage and intensification of rice agriculture across South and Southeast Asia poses long-term threats to wetland species broadly. The cinnamon bittern is a shy and secretive bird that is more often heard—giving a deep, booming call—than seen in its dense wetland habitat.

White-cheeked Pintail

흰뺨핀꼬리오리(Anas bahamensis)는 IUCN 적색목록에서 관심대상(LC)으로 분류된다. 서식 범위 전반에 걸쳐 개체군이 안정적이며 즉각적인 보전 우려가 없는 광범위하고 풍부한 종이다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway