Herons, Bitterns
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. The genus name comes from the Provençal French for the little egret aigrette, a diminutive of aigron, "heron". The species name thula is the Araucano for the Black-necked Swan, applied to this species in error by Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782.
- Family
- Herons, Bitterns
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Weight
- 371 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 53
Recorded in United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Belize, Panama, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, KY, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Dominican Rep., Paraguay, Canada, Bolivia, Curaçao, AW, Jamaica, Barbados, GP, BQ, BM, Bahamas, Guyana, MF, Suriname, VI, GF, Antigua and Barb., SX, AI, Saint Lucia, MQ, Haiti, KN, TC, Grenada, Portugal, Dominica, MS, VG, United Kingdom, St. Vin. and Gren..
Where to see it: Etang Chevrise (Saint Martin (French part)); Etang Baie Lucas (Saint Martin (French part)); Étang de l'Aéroport (Saint Martin (French part)); Great Salt Pond · South East (Sint Maarten (Dutch part)); Etang Guichard (Saint Martin (French part)).
Photo: Channel City Camera Club from Santa Barbara, US, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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