🐾 Little Egret

Egretta garzetta · wildlife atlas entry

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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 . Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Little Egret — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Bengt Nyman, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Record card

Scientific name	Egretta garzetta
Rank	species
Community observations	139,457 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Pelecaniformes › family Ardeidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Little Egret photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · 43056 Torrile PR, Italia
(c) Francesco Baboni, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Little Egret photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Weifang, CN-SD, CN
(c) zcguoxia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Little Egret photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Cleunay – Arsenal – Redon, Rennes, France
(c) encryptidomen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Little Egret photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Gloucestershire, UK
(c) Mike King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Little Egret photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Avda.Cádiz (Plaza Santa Teresa), Sur, 14009 Córdoba, España
(c) Violeta Geraldia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Little Egret photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Lim Chu Kang, Singapore
(c) Soh Kam Yung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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