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Snowy Egret
Egretta thula · Family Ardeidae
Egretta thula
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,762,159
- Countries and territories with records
- 67
About this species
This species has 4,762,159 occurrence records from 67 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (80.7%), Mexico (3.8%), Brazil (2.2%), Argentina (1.7%) and Costa Rica (1.7%); together they account for 90% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.34% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Egretta thula combines the genus name Egretta with the species epithet thula. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Egretta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Egretta garzetta, Egretta caerulea and Egretta tricolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 3.4 times the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.