Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ardeoidea > Family Ardeidae > Genus Egretta

Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

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Genus group names

*Egretta*	T. Forster, 1817	accepted genus name

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English: Little Blue Heron sources: english PESI focal point

German: Blaureiher sources: Germany PESI focal point

Lithuanian: mažasis melsvasis garnys sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: ма́лая голуба́я ца́пля sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: modra čaplja sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Garceta azul; Garza azul sources: spanish PESI focal point

Turkish: Küçük mavi balıkçıl

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Drs. Cees Roselaar. Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/60efd9a5-241f-4abb-9cb6-9b9d602b5f88

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