Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha] (Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret)

Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret

Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha] (= Egretta garzetta) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Egretta
Scientific:
  Egretta garzetta

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Ardea Garzetta

Type locality:
'Oriente,' ex Brisson.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/241/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
821429261EFBC41B

Avibase ID:
avibase-82142926

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/82142926

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174816

Geographic range:

Egretta [garzetta or dimorpha]: wetlands of Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia from southern British Isles east through Caspian region, sub-Himalayan region, and eastward to Japan; in south throughout Africa (including Cape Verde Islands) and Malagasy region, and east through New Guinea and Australia; recently established in Antigua and Barbados (northern and southern Lesser Antilles)
Egretta garzetta garzetta: widespread Eurasia, eastern and southern Africa
Egretta garzetta immaculata: Indonesia and Philippines to New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia
Egretta dimorpha: East African coast and locally inland; Europa Island (southern Mozambique Channel), Aldabra (southwestern Seychelles), and Madagascar
Egretta gularis: coastal western Africa to Gulf of Guinea islands and Gabon, and coastal eastern Africa to Red Sea, Persian Gulf and southeastern India
Egretta gularis gularis: coastal western Africa to Gulf of Guinea islands and Gabon
Egretta gularis schistacea: coastal eastern Africa to Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and southeastern India
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret
French:
Aigrette garzette, A. dimorphe ou A. à gorge blanche

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret ( Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kleinwitreier
Arabic: الغرنوق الأبيض, بلشون ابيض صغير
Asturian: Garcia Cande
Azerbaijani: Kiçik ağ vağ
Belarusian: Малая белая чапля
Bulgarian: Малка бяла чапла
Bengali: ছোট বগা
Breton: An herlegon bihan
Catalan: Agró blanc, Martinet blanc
Catalan (Balears): Agró blanc
Czech: volavka støíbøitá, Volavka stríbritá, Volavka stříbřitá
Welsh: Crëyr bach, Crëyr gwen lleiaf, Crёyr Bach
Danish: Silkehejre
German: Seidenreiher
Greek: (Κοινός) Λευκοτσικνιάς, Λευκοτσικνιάς
Greek (Cypriot): Χιονάτη
English: Little Egret, Little Egret (Little), Little, Western Reef or Dimorphic Egret
Esperanto: Malgranda egretardeo
Spanish: Garceta Común, Garza Chiquita
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garza Chiquita
Estonian: siidhaigur
Basque: Lertxuntxo txikia, Martinet blanc
Finnish: Silkkihaikara
Faroese: Silkihegri
French: Aigrette garzette, Aigrette garzette (garzetta), Aigrette garzette ou A. à gorge blanche, Aigrette garzette, A. dimorphe ou A. à gorge blanche
Irish: Éigrit Bheag
Gaelic: Corra Gheal Bheag
Galician: Garzota, Martinet blanc
Haitian Creole French: Ti Krabye etranje
Hebrew: לבנית קטנה
Hindi: Chinna vellai kokku
Croatian: Mala Bijela Caplja, Mala Bijela Čaplja
Hungarian: Kis kócsag
Armenian: [Spitak Pokr Taregh ], Սպիտակ Փոքր Տառեղ
Indonesian: Bango putih kecil, Kuntul kecil, Kuntul perak kecil
Icelandic: Bjarthegri
Italian: Garzetta, Garzetta comune
Japanese (romaji): kosagi, Ko-sagi
Japanese: コサギ
Japanese (Kanji): 小鷺
Georgian: პატარა თეთრი ყანჩა, პატარა ოყარა
Kazakh: Кишкене аққұтан
Kazakh (Transliteration): kişkene aq-qutan
Korean: 쇠백로
Korean (Transliteration): soe-baeng-no
Cornish: Kerghyth penvagas lyha
Kwangali: Samunkoma
Scientific: Ardea Garzetta, Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha], Egretta garzetta, Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group], Egretta garzetta garzetta
Luxembourgish: Klenge wäisse Reeër
Lithuanian: Mažasis baltasis garnys
Latvian: Mazais baltais gārnis
Macedonian: Мала бела (Сребреникава) чапја
Malayalam: ചിന്നമുണ്ടി
Mongolian: Хурган дэглээ
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠳᠣᠢ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Одой цагаан дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): khurg aŋ deglee
Malay: Bangau Kecil
Maltese: Agrett Abjad
Nepali: सानो सेतोबकुल्ला
Dutch: Kleine Zilverreiger
Norwegian: Silkehegre
Polish: czapla nadobna
Pinyin: bái-lù
Portuguese: garça branca pequena, Garça-branca-pequena
Portuguese (Brazil): Garça-negra
Romansh: Irun da saida
Romanian: Egretă mică
Russian: Малая белая цапля, Цапля малая белая
Northern Sami: Silkeháigir
Slovak: beluša malá, volavka striebristá, volavka striebristá (beluša malá)
Slovenian: mala bela caplja, mala belacaplja
Albanian: Çapka e bardhë e vogël
Serbian: Mala bela caplja, mala bijela caplja, mala bijela čaplja, Мала бела цаплја
Sotho, Southern: Leholosiane
Swedish: Silkeshäger
Swahili: Dandala
Tamil: Chinna Kokku
Thai: นกยางเปีย
Thai (Transliteration): nók yaaŋ pia
Turkish: Küçük Ak Balıkçıl, küçük ak balykçyl, Küçük Akbalıkçıl, Küçük Beyaz Balıkçıl
Ukrainian: Мала біла чапля, Чепура мала
Vietnamese: Cò trắng
Chinese: 大白鹭, 小白鷺, 小白鹭, 白鹭, 白鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 白鷺
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 小白鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 小白鹭
Zulu: iNgekle