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Snowy Egret

Egretta thula 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
Peru · 10