Egretta garzetta (Little Egret)

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Little Egret Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
  Egretta

Scientific:
Egretta garzetta

Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.237

Protonym:
Ardea Garzetta

Avibase ID:
A6E9EDE55D229ED9

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174816

Geographic range:

Egretta garzetta garzetta: Widespread Eurasia, east and South Africa
Egretta garzetta nigripes: Indonesia and Philippines to New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
  Little Egret
Czech:
  volavka stříbřitá
German:
  Seidenreiher
Danish:
  Silkehejre
Spanish:
  Garceta Común
Finnish:
  silkkihaikara
French:
  Aigrette garzette
Icelandic:
  Bjarthegri
Italian:
  Garzetta
Japanese:
  kosagi
Japanese:
  コサギ
Dutch:
  Kleine Zilverreiger
Norwegian:
  Silkehegre
Polish:
  czapla nadobna
Portuguese:
  Garça-branca-pequena
Portuguese (Brazil):
  Garça-negra
Russian:
  Малая белая цапля
Slovak:
  beluša malá
Swedish:
  silkeshäger
Chinese:
  小白鹭

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. 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]
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]
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])
eBird version 1.53:
   Little Egret (Little) ( Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group])
eBird version 1.54:
   Little Egret (Little) ( Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group])
eBird version 1.55:
   Little Egret (Little) ( Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group])
eBird version 2015:
   Little Egret (Little) ( Egretta garzetta [garzetta Group])
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 and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 2]
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 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:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
   Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
James Lee Peters:
    Egretta garzetta [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original):
    Egretta garzetta [version 2]
James Lee Peters (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 2nd edition (1996):
   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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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2

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: 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
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
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-pequena
Romansh: Irun da saida
Romanian: Egretă mică
Russian: Malaya Belaya Tsaplya, Малая белая цапля, Цапля малая белая, Чепуранужда
Sindhi: اځ رَ )ك اًٛيڃ( ٽ ؿًټ
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