Summary ⁷

The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas.

Distribution ⁸

North America

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Nick Chill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/26256233@N04/2606123012
2. (c) DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Snowy_Egret_HMB_RWD.jpg
3. Stolz, Gary M., no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/21509.jpg
4. (c) Dori, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Snowy_Egret_flying_0547.jpg
5. Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Egretta_thula1.jpg/460px-Egretta_thula1.jpg
6. (c) Jeff Whitlock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://s.yimg.com/pw/images/en-us/photo_unavailable_l.png
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egretta_thula
8. (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/27516072

More Info

• iNat taxon page
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