Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
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.
- Scientific name
- Egretta thula
- Family
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- IUCN status
- LC