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Little Egret
Egretta garzetta · Family Ardeidae
Egretta garzetta
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,869,243
- Countries and territories with records
- 197
About this species
This species has 3,869,243 occurrence records from 197 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (13.6%), Taiwan (13.6%), the United Kingdom (11.2%), Spain (9.7%) and France (9.3%); together they account for 57.4% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.85% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Egretta garzetta combines the genus name Egretta with the species epithet garzetta. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Egretta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Egretta thula, Egretta caerulea and Egretta tricolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 2.8 times the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.