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Little Egret

Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The little egret is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of three to five bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents for about three weeks. The young fledge at about six weeks of age. Source: Wikipedia




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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:
  A6E9EDE55D229ED9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A6E9EDE5

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A6E9EDE5


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174816

Geographic range:

  • Egretta garzetta garzetta: widespread Eurasia, eastern and southern Africa
  • Egretta garzetta immaculata: Indonesia and Philippines to New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia
English:
Little Egret
Catalan:
Martinet blanc comú
Czech:
volavka stříbřitá
Danish:
Silkehejre
German:
Seidenreiher
Spanish:
Garceta Común
Spanish (Spain):
Garceta Común
Finnish:
silkkihaikara
French:
Aigrette garzette
Croatian:
Mala Bijela Čaplja
Hungarian:
Kis kócsag
Icelandic:
Bjarthegri
Italian:
Garzetta
Japanese (romaji):
kosagi
Japanese:
コサギ
Lithuanian:
Mažasis baltasis garnys
Dutch:
Kleine Zilverreiger
Norwegian:
Silkehegre
Polish:
czapla nadobna
Portuguese:
garça-pequena-europeia / garça-branca
Portuguese (Brazil):
garça-pequena-europeia
Portuguese (Portugal):
Garça-branca-pequena
Russian:
Малая белая цапля
Slovak:
beluša malá
Serbian:
mala bijela čaplja
Swedish:
silkeshäger
Ukrainian:
Чепура мала
Chinese:
白鹭
Chinese (Traditional):
小白鷺


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Aigrette garzette ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Aigrette garzette ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
Clements 3rd edition:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Little Egret (Little) ( Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
Little Egret (Little) ( Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Little Egret (Little) ( Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group]) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Egretta garzetta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Egretta garzetta [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Egretta garzetta [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Egretta garzetta [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Egretta garzetta [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Egretta [garzetta or dimorpha] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Abkhazian: аӠыцәашкәакәа
Afrikaans: Kleinwitreier
Arabic: الغرنوق الأبيض, بلشون ابيض صغير
Asturian: Garcia Cande, Garcina
Azerbaijani: Kiçik ağ vağ, kiçik ağnaz
Belarusian: Малая белая чапля, Чапля малая белая
Bulgarian: Малка бяла чапла
Bengali: ছোট বগা, হছাট ফগা
Bengali (transliteration): chōṭa bagā
Breton: An herlegon bihan, Herlegon bihan
Catalan: Agró blanc, Martinet blanc, Martinet blanc comú
Catalan (Balears): Agró blanc
Montenegrin: mala bijela čaplja, мала бијела чапља
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): мала бијела чапља
Czech: volavka støíbøitá, Volavka stríbritá, Volavka stříbřitá
Welsh: Crëyr bach, Crëyr gwen lleiaf, Crёyr Bach
Danish: Silkehejre
German: Seidenreiher
Greek: (Κοινός) Λευκοτσικνιάς, Λευκoτσικvιάς, Λευκοτσικνιάς, Χιονάτη
Greek (Cypriot): Χιονάτη
English: Little Egret, Little Egret (Little)
English (Kenya): Little/Dimorphic Egret
English (Philippines): Little Egret
Esperanto: Malgranda egretardeo, malgranda egreto
Spanish: Garceta Comun, Garceta Común, Garza Chiquita, Garza Pequeña
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garza Chiquita
Spanish (Spain): Garceta Común
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Garceta Común
Estonian: Siidhaigur
Basque: Lertxuntxo txiki, Lertxuntxo txikia, Martinet blanc
Persian: اگرت کوچک, اگرت (حواصیل) کوچک, اگرت (قار) کوچک
Finnish: Silkkihaikara
Faroese: Silkihegri
French: Aigrette blanche, Aigrette garzette, Garzette blanche, Héron garzette, Petite Aigrette
Friulian: sgarzet blanc
Frisian: Lytse wite reager, Lytse wyte reager
Irish: Éigrit Bheag
Guadeloupean Creole French: Aigrette
Gaelic: Corra bheag, Corra Gheal Bheag
Galician: Garzota, Garzota branca, Martinet blanc
Manx: Coar-vane veg
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, Burung Kuntul Kecil, Burung Kuntul Perak Kecil, Kuntul kecil, Kuntul perak kecil
Icelandic: Bjarthegri
Italian: Garzetta, Garzetta comune
Japanese (romaji): kosagi, Ko-sagi, kosagi (garzetta guru-pu), mino shira-sagi, shira-sagi
Japanese: コサギ, コサギ (garzetta グループ), シラサギ, ミノシラサギ
Japanese (Kanji): 小鷺, 白鷺, 蓑白鷺
Georgian: მცირე თეთრი ყანჩა, პატარა თეთრი ყანჩა, პატარა ოყარა
Kara-Kalpak: киши ақ қутан
Kabardian: псыхэуэцӀыкӀу
Kazakh: ақ кіші құтан, Кишкене аққұтан, кіші аққұтан, кішкене аққұтан, кішкентай ақ тырна
Kazakh (Transliteration): kişkene aq-qutan
Korean: 쇠백로
Korean (Transliteration): soe-baeng-no
Karachay-Balkar: къутан, чилле
Cornish: Kerghyth penvagas lyha
Kwangali: Samunkoma
Kirghiz: кидик ак кытан
Scientific: Ardea garzetta, Egretta garzetta, Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group], Egretta garzetta garzetta, Gargetta pusilla
Luxembourgish: Klenge wäisse Reeër, Seidereeër
Lithuanian: Mažasis baltasis garnys
Latvian: Mazais baltais gārnis, zīda gārnis
Macedonian: Мала бела (Сребреникава) чапја, Мала бела чапја
Malayalam: ചിന്നമുണ്ടി   
Mongolian: Хурган дэглээ, Хурган цагаан дэглий, цэгээн дэглий
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠳᠣᠢ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Одой цагаан дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): khurg aŋ deglee, khurg aŋ tsag aaŋ deglii, odoi tsagaaŋ deglii
Moldavian: Egretă mică
Mamasa: korong ula
Malay: Bangau Kecil, Burung Bangau Kecil, Burung Bangau Ular
Maltese: Agrett Abjad, egretta ż-żgħira
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): цэгээн дэглий
Nepali: सानो सेतोबकुल्ला
Dutch: Kleine Zilverreiger, Kleine Zilverreiger (garzetta groep)
Norwegian: Silkehegre
Polish: czapla nadobna
Pinyin: bái lùsī, bái-hè, bái-lù, bái-niǎo, chōng-chú, chūn-chú, jí xiǎo bái-lù, lùsī, sī-qín, xiǎo bái-lù, xuě-kè, yī bēi lù
Portuguese: garça branca pequena, Garça-branca, Garça-branca-pequena, Garça-branca-pequena-europeia / Garça-branca, garça-pequena-europeia, garça-pequena-europeia / garça-branca
Portuguese (Brazil): Garça-negra, garca-pequena-europeia, garça-pequena-europeia
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-pequena
Romansh: Irun da saida
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun da saida
Romanian: Egretă mică
Russian: Malaya Belaya Tsaplya, Малая белая цапля, Цапля малая белая, Чепуранужда
Northern Sami: Silkeháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Punchi Ali-koka
Slovak: beluša malá, volavka striebristá, volavka striebristá (beluša malá)
Slovenian: mala bela caplja, Mala bela čaplja, mala belacaplja
Albanian: Çapka e bardhë e vogël
Serbian: Mala bela caplja, Mala bela čaplja, 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
Turkmen: kiçi ak hokgar
Turkish: Küçük Ak Balıkçıl, küçük ak balykçyl, Küçük Akbalıkçıl, Küçük Beyaz Balıkçıl, Кішкене аққұтан
Ukrainian: Мала біла чапля, Чепура мала
Uzbek: кичик оқ қарқара, кичик оққўтон
Vietnamese: Chim Cò ngàng, Chim Cò trắng, Cò trắng
Kalmyk: баахн деглә
Chinese: 一杯鹭, 丝琴, 大白鹭, 小白鷺, 小白鹭, 春锄, 极小白鹭, 白 鹭, 白鸟, 白鹤, 白鹭, 白鹭鸶, 舂锄, 雪客, 鹭鸶
Chinese (Traditional): 一杯鷺, 小白鷺, 春鋤, 極小白鷺, 白鳥, 白鶴, 白鷺, 白鷺鷥, 絲琴, 舂鋤, 雪客, 鷺鷥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 小白鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 小白鹭
Zulu: iNgekle

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