Little Egret Egretta garzetta Scientific name definitions
- Names (62)
- Subspecies (3)
Josep del Hoyo, Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, Nigel Collar, Guy M. Kirwan, and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 28, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 28, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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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 (French Guiana) | 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 |
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 |
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)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Garzetta
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p.237.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Oriente,' ex Brisson.
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- garzetta
- Garzetta
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