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  • Little Egret, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Bengt Nyman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Little Egret, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Dhruva Punde, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Little Egret, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Fernando Losada Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • Little Egret, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Michele Chiacchio, all rights reserved

  • Little Egret, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Paul Cools, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Little Egret, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Andy Gooden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

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140,569 observations
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About

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.

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