Object: New Zealand Little Bittern, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae; holotype
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Registration Number  OR.000644
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Ciconiiformes
Family  Ardeidae
Scientific NameType Status
Ixobrychus novaezelandiaeholotype
Identified By  Purdie, Alexander
Identified Date  1871
Common / Maori name  New Zealand Little Bittern, Kaoriki
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  South Island
Precise locality  Head of Lake Wakatipu
Collected By  Worthington, John
Section  Birds

Holotype of New Zealand little bittern (Ixobrychus novaezelandiae), collectedat Lake Wakatipu sometime before 1871, and purchased from Otago Museum in 1907.

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