What does the bittern eat?

Answer 1

That depends on their species.

• The Little Bittern is found in Africa, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Western Asia, Southern Asia and Madagascar.
  
  
• The Black-Backed Bittern is found in Australia and New Guinea.
  
  
• New Zealand Bittern lived in New Zealand but is now extinct.
  
  
• The Cinnamon Bittern or Chestnut Bittern is native to India, East China and Indonesia.
  
  
• The Stripe-Backed Bittern is found in every country in the South American continent (Peru, Brazil, Argentina, etc).
  
  
• The Least Bittern is native to most of the Americas, from Canada all the way down to Argentina.
  
  
• The Yellow Bittern can be found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan and Indonesia. They seem to get lost easily, however, and have been spotted in Alaska and even as far as Great Britain, though they are not native to either.
  
  
• Von Schrenck's Bittern is found in China, Siberia, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Laos, depending on seasonal migration.
  
  
• The Dwarf Bittern is found in almost every country in the African continent, except the humid, desert areas such as Egypt. It can also be found in southern Spain.
  
  
• The Black Bittern can be found in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, east China, Indonesia and Australia.
  
  
• The American Bittern can be found in central US and Canada. They can uncommonly be found in Ireland during migratory seasons, though they are not native there.
  
  
• The Eurasian Bittern (or Great Bittern) is found in the majority of Europe and western Asia. Conservation efforts are in place in the United Kingdom to try and bring heir numbers back up.
  
  
• The Pinnated Bittern is found in the north and east of the South American continent, from Mexico to Argentina.
  
  
• The Australasian Bittern is an endangered species in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Ouvea.
  
  
• The Zigzag Bittern is found in subtropical or tropical swamps within Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

Answer 2

The American bittern will stand still in water and wait for its prey. It eats small fish, salamanders, crayfish, insects, frogs, eels, small snakes, and small mammals.

Answer 3

A bittern is a wading bird in the heron family. Unlike the similar stork, ibises and spoonbils, herons and bitterns fly with their necks retracted, not outstretched.