Herons, Bitterns
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. The genus name comes from the Provençal French Aigrette, "egret", a diminutive of Aigron," heron". The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
- Family
- Herons, Bitterns
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Weight
- 312 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 134
Recorded in India, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Netherlands, Australia, Portugal, South Africa, Thailand, Italy, China, Israel, Belgium, Japan, Turkey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Greece, Sri Lanka, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Morocco, Cambodia, Nepal, Uganda, Bulgaria, Sweden, Croatia, Tanzania, Egypt, Botswana, Namibia, Denmark, Madagascar, Serbia, Vietnam, Iran, Bangladesh, Romania, Cyprus, Slovenia, Georgia, Hungary, Austria, Senegal, Germany, Ukraine, Oman, Zimbabwe, Kuwait, Mozambique, Norway, Zambia, Gambia, Russia, Czechia, Isle of Man, Ethiopia, Pakistan, United States, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Albania, Myanmar, Cabo Verde, Barbados, Nigeria, New Zealand, Rwanda, Laos, Montenegro, Ghana, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, MO, Jordan, Slovakia, Algeria, Papua New Guinea, Bhutan, Moldova, Malta, JE, Malawi, Lebanon, Canada, Poland, Armenia, Bosnia and Herz., Palau, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Timor-Leste, Iraq, Qatar, Benin, North Macedonia, GG, Cameroon, eSwatini, Bahrain, Brunei, EH, Palestine, Gabon, MP, Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritania, Republic of the Congo, XK, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guam, Côte d'Ivoire, Yemen, Iceland, Uzbekistan, Togo, GF, GP, Kazakhstan, Chad, Libya, SC, Guinea-Bissau, Djibouti, Mali, Eq. Guinea.
Where to see it: Tripa de Galina Creek, Bangkal, Makati City (Philippines); Vale Pond Colin McCathie NR (Guernsey); Salina Nature Reserve (Malta); Barragem de Faveta (Republic of Cabo Verde); Parc de Tsarasaotra (Lac Alarobia) (Madagascar).
