Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinwitreier |
| Albanian | Ҫafka e bardhë e vogël |
| Arabic | بلشون ابيض صغير |
| Armenian | Սպիտակ փոքր տառեղ |
| Asturian | Garcina blanca |
| Azerbaijani | Kiçik ağ vağ |
| Basque | Koartzatxo txikia |
| Bulgarian | Малка бяла чапла |
| Catalan | martinet blanc comú |
| Chinese | 小白鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白鹭 |
| Croatian | mala bijela čaplja |
| Czech | volavka stříbřitá |
| Danish | Silkehejre |
| Dutch | Kleine Zilverreiger |
| English | Little Egret |
| English (Kenya) | Little/Dimorphic Egret |
| English (Philippines) | Little Egret |
| English (United States) | Little Egret |
| Faroese | Silkihegri |
| Finnish | silkkihaikara |
| French | Aigrette garzette |
| French (France) | Aigrette garzette |
| Galician | Garzota común |
| German | Seidenreiher |
| Greek | Λευκοτσικνιάς |
| Gujarati | નાનો ધોળો બગલો |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Krabye etranje |
| Hebrew | לבנית קטנה |
| Hindi | कर्छिया बगुला |
| Hungarian | Kis kócsag |
| Icelandic | Bjarthegri |
| Indonesian | Kuntul kecil |
| Italian | Garzetta |
| Japanese | コサギ |
| Kannada | ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಬೆಳ್ಳಕ್ಕಿ |
| Korean | 쇠백로 |
| Latvian | Zīda gārnis |
| Lithuanian | Mažasis baltasis garnys |
| Malayalam | ചിന്നമുണ്ടി |
| Marathi | छोटा बगळा |
| Mongolian | Хурган дэглий |
| Norwegian | silkehegre |
| Odia | ତରକା ବଗ |
| Persian | اگرت کوچک |
| Polish | czapla nadobna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-branca-pequena |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-pequena-europeia |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-branca-pequena |
| Punjabi (India) | ਨਿੱਕਾ ਬਗਲਾ |
| Romanian | Egretă mică |
| Russian | Малая белая цапля |
| Serbian | Mala bela čaplja |
| Slovak | beluša malá |
| Slovenian | Mala bela čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Común |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Garza Chiquita |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Garceta Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta común |
| Swedish | silkeshäger |
| Telugu | చిన్న తెల్ల కొంగ |
| Thai | นกยางเปีย |
| Turkish | Küçük Ak Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чепура мала |
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- garzetta
- Garzetta
The Key to Scientific Names
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 28, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Authors
Josep del Hoyo, Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, Nigel Collar, Guy M. Kirwan, and David Christie
Recommended Citation
del Hoyo, J., A. Martínez-Vilalta, A. Motis, N. Collar, G. M. Kirwan, and D. A. Christie (2020). Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.litegr.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 28, 2016
- Little Egret (HBW) Egretta garzetta
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
David Christie and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Little Egret (HBW) (Egretta garzetta). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Last Published Version
- May 10, 2016
- Western Reef-egret (HBW) Egretta gularis
Authors
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Western Reef-egret (HBW) (Egretta gularis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
