Snowy egret / Schmuckreiher (Egretta thula)

Snowy egret. 2023-09-27 12:49:40 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Classification: Genus Plumed egrets (Egretta); Family Herons (Ardeidae)
This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, South America, Africa.
General: The snowy egret (Egretta thula) 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 Araucano term for the black-necked swan, applied to this species in error by Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782.^[3] [more]

First documented observation: 2023-04-15 in Yucatan. Most recent observation: 2023-09-27 in Florida.