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

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Egretta [garzetta x novaehollandiae] (hybrid)
• Egretta [caerulea x garzetta] (hybrid)
• Egretta garzetta x Ardea cinerea (hybrid)
• Egretta garzetta x Egretta picata (hybrid)
• Egretta garzetta x Bubulcus ibis (hybrid)
• Egretta [garzetta x gularis] (hybrid)
• Egretta [garzetta x thula] (hybrid)
• Egretta [garzetta x sacra] (hybrid)
• Egretta garzetta x Nycticorax nycticorax (hybrid)
• Egretta [garzetta or gularis] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

Afrikaans: Kleinwitreier
Arabic: الغرنوق الأبيض, بلشون ابيض صغير
Asturian: Garcia Cande, Garcina
Azerbaijani: Kiçik ağ vağ
Belarusian: Малая белая чапля, Чапля малая белая
Bulgarian: Малка бяла чапла
Bengali: ছোট বগা
Breton: An herlegon bihan
Catalan: Agró blanc, Martinet blanc, Martinet blanc comú
Catalan (Balears): Agró blanc
Montenegrin: mala bijela čaplja
Czech: volavka støíbøitá, Volavka stríbritá, Volavka stříbřitá
Welsh: Crëyr bach, Crëyr gwen lleiaf, Crёyr Bach
Danish: Silkehejre
German: Seidenreiher
Greek: (Κοινός) Λευκοτσικνιάς, Λευκοτσικνιάς, Χιονάτη
Greek (Cypriot): Χιονάτη
English: Little Egret, Little Egret (Little)
English (Kenya): Little/Dimorphic Egret
English (Philippines): Little Egret
Esperanto: Malgranda egretardeo
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 txikia, Martinet blanc
Persian: اگرت کوچک, اگرت (حواصیل) کوچک
Finnish: Silkkihaikara
Faroese: Silkihegri
French: Aigrette blanche, Aigrette garzette, Garzette blanche, Héron garzette, Petite Aigrette
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, 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
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, Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group], Egretta garzetta garzetta
Luxembourgish: Klenge wäisse Reeër, Seidereeër
Lithuanian: Mažasis baltasis garnys
Latvian: Mazais baltais gārnis, zīda gārnis
Macedonian: Мала бела (Сребреникава) чапја
Malayalam: ചിന്നമുണ്ടി   
Mongolian: Хурган дэглээ, Хурган цагаан 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
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-pequena, Garça-branca-pequena-europeia / Garça-branca, garça-pequena-europeia / garça-branca
Portuguese (Brazil): Garça-negra, garca-pequena-europeia, garça-pequena-europeia
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-pequena
Romansh: Irun da saida
Romanian: Egretă mică
Russian: Malaya Belaya Tsaplya, Малая белая цапля, Цапля малая белая, Чепуранужда
Northern Sami: Silkeháigir
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 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, Кішкене аққұтан
Ukrainian: Мала біла чапля, Чепура мала
Vietnamese: Chim Cò ngàng, Chim Cò trắng, Cò trắng
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