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Egretta

  • Egretta

    Egretta is a genus of medium-sized herons, mostly breeding in warmer climates.
    The genus name comes from the Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, a diminutive of aigron, "heron".

    1/ Pacific reef heron (Cò đen, Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret
    2/ Little egret (Cò trắng, Egretta garzetta) 
    The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
    3/ Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Cò trắng Trung Quốc, Egretta eulophotes)

  • Little Egret

    Little egret 
    (Cò trắng, Egretta garzetta) 


    The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. 

    The genus name Egretta comes from the Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, a diminutive of aigron, "heron".
    The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.

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