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

Egretta T. Forster, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
Egretta thula (Molina, 1782)
Egretta tricolor (Statius Muller, 1776)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: コサギ属

Literature

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Egretta Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159113

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Egretta T. Forster, 1817. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/22e1f26a-e482-4ff3-b1a7-e5dfaab98014

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96649

Last modified

2006-09-11 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Olga Martinez

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