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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

About Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Pelicans
  • Family: Herons

The snowy egret 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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