Snowy Egret
Egretta thula - Aigrette neigeuse
Systematics
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Order:
Pelecaniformes
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Family:
Ardéidés
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Genus:
Egretta
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Species:
thula
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 71 cm
- Wingspan: 84 à 105 cm.
- Weight: 290 à 475 g
Longevity
22 years
Geographic range
Identification
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Egretta thula thula (e and s North America to c Chile and n Argentina)
- Egretta thula brewsteri (w North America)
Foreign names
- Aigrette neigeuse,
- Garceta nívea,
- garça-branca-americana,
- Schmuckreiher,
- hókócsag,
- Amerikaanse Kleine Zilverreiger,
- Garzetta nivea,
- snöhäger,
- Snøhegre,
- volavka žltoprstá,
- volavka bělostná,
- Snehejre,
- lumihaikara,
- Sneeuwitreier,
- martinet blanc americà,
- Ljómahegri,
- czapla śnieżna,
- sniega gārnis,
- snežna čaplja,
- Белая американская цапля,
- ユキコサギ,
- 雪鹭,
- 雪鷺,
Voice song and cries
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Les Oiseaux des Antilles, Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Alan Keith, Janis Raffaele
- Field guide to the birds of Eastern North America, Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderer
- Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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