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The Little egret (Egretta garzetta) belongs to the family of egrets and herons, the Ardeidae under the order Pelecaniformes.
Little egret taxonomy
The Ardeidae is the family of egrets and herons. The family Ardeidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The family Ardeidae comprises three subfamilies, viz., Tigriornithinae, Botaurinae and Ardeinae. The subfamily Ardeinae contains eleven extant genera, including Egretta.
The genus Egretta (egrets and herons) was first introduced by Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (9 November 1789 – 2 February 1860), an English astronomer and naturalist, in the year 1817.
The genus Egretta comprises twelve extant heron and egret species, including Egretta garzetta. This Egretta garzetta species is polytypic.
This egret species was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1766.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Egretta garzetta |
| Species: | E. garzetta |
| Genus: | Egretta |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by GDW.45 |
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| 2.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by El Golli Mohamed |
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| 3.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by Laitche |
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| 4.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by Buddha Jyothiprasad |
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| 5.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by Prosthetic Head |
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| 6.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by Navaneeth Krishnan S |
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| 7.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by Erisgp |
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| 8.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by Alpsdake |
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| 9.Little egret - Egretta garzetta Image by Alpsdake |
1.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Egret.6.jpg (cropped)
Author: GDW.45 | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 9/1/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aigrette_garzette_au_lac_sud_de_Tunis_(site_RAMSAR).jpg (cropped)
Author: El Golli Mohamed | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/1/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Laitche | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/1/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jyothiprasadb/5276157505/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Buddha Jyothiprasad | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 9/1/18
5.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_garzetta_tree_Greece.jpg (cropped)
Author: Prosthetic Head | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/1/18
6.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Navaneeth Krishnan S | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/1/18
7.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garceta_com%C3%BAn_(Egretta_garzetta).jpg (cropped)
Author: Erisgp | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 9/1/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_garzetta_in_flight_s3.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 9/1/18
9.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_garzetta_eating_goby.jpg (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 9/1/18
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