Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Ardeidae > Genus Egretta

Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Egretta*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: çafka e bardhë e vogël; çajma e bardhë e vogël; çapka e bardhë e vogël; çapkëbardha e vogël; gata e bardhë e vogël; gatëza e bardhë e vogël; gelca e bardhë e vogël sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): silkehegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Малка бяла чапла sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: silkehejre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine zilverreiger sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: little egret sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Little Egret sources: Charles Hussey

French: aigrette garzette sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Seidenreiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινός Λευκοτσικνιάς sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): לבנית קטנה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: garzetta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: mažasis baltasis garnys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: silkehegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: silkehegre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 237

Norwegian Nynorsk: silkehegre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 237

Nynorsk (Norwegian): silkehegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: czapla nadobna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: egreta mică sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: малая белая цапля sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mala bela čaplja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: garceta común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: silkeshäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kucuk ak balikcil; küçük ak balıkçıl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Мала біла чапля; Чепура мала sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crëyr bach

Literature

basis of record	ITIS database
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (100 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (161 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Egretta garzetta. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159115