Snowy Egret Egretta thula Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (49)
- Subspecies (2)
Katharine C. Parsons and Terry L. Master
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2000
Text last updated January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sneeuwitreier |
| Bulgarian | Снежна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet blanc americà |
| Croatian | snježna čaplja |
| Czech | volavka bělostná |
| Danish | Snehejre |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Kleine Zilverreiger |
| English | Snowy Egret |
| English (United States) | Snowy Egret |
| Finnish | lumihaikara |
| French | Aigrette neigeuse |
| French (France) | Aigrette neigeuse |
| German | Schmuckreiher |
| Greek | Αμερικανικός Λευκοτσικνιάς |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Zegrèt blan |
| Hebrew | לבנית אמריקנית |
| Hungarian | Hókócsag |
| Icelandic | Ljómahegri |
| Japanese | ユキコサギ |
| Lithuanian | Snieginis garnys |
| Norwegian | snøhegre |
| Polish | czapla śnieżna |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-branca-pequena |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-branca-americana |
| Romanian | Egretă de zăpadă |
| Russian | Снежная цапля |
| Serbian | Snežna čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka žltoprstá |
| Slovenian | Snežna čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Nívea |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Garcita Blanca |
| Spanish (Chile) | Garza chica |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garceta Nivosa |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Garza real |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Garza de Rizos |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garceta Nívea |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Garza Dedos Dorados |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Garza Dedos Dorados |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garceta Nívea |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Garcita blanca |
| Spanish (Peru) | Garcita Blanca |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Garza Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta nívea |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Garza Blanca Chica |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Chusmita |
| Swedish | snöhäger |
| Turkish | Karbeyaz Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чепура американська |
| Zulu | ingekle yaseMelika |
Egretta thula (Molina, 1782)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Thula
Molina, 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, p.235.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Chile.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- thula
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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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