Little Egret Egretta garzetta Scientific name definitions
- Names (64)
- 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 |
|---|---|
| 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)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Garzetta
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.237.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Oriente,' ex Brisson.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- garzetta
- Garzetta
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Little Egret