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Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Ardeidae

The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. The genus name comes from Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, which is a diminutive of aigron, 'heron'. The species name thula is the Mapudungun term for the black-necked swan, applied to this species in error by Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1,992,593Mexico · 102,060Brazil · 72,682Argentina · 55,225Chile · 43,966Peru · 27,143Uruguay · 15,316Netherlands · 8,660United Kingdom · 7,416Cuba · 6,822France · 4,395Paraguay · 3,664Bolivia · 3,040Canada · 1,705Portugal · 169Austria · 1Germany · 1Spain