Snowy egret fun facts

          Snowy egret scientific name

          Snowy egret family.

          Snowy egret

          Species of bird

          "Snowy heron" redirects here. For the Japanese film, see The Snowy Heron.

          The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron.

          The genus name comes from Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, which is a diminutive of aigron, 'heron'.

          Snowy egret size

        1. Snowy egret size
        2. Snowy egret habitat
        3. Snowy egret family
        4. Snowy egret diet
        5. Snowy egret juvenile

          6. The species name thula is the Araucano term for the black-necked swan, applied to this species in error by Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina in [3]

          The snowy egret is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World little egret, which has become established in the Bahamas.

          At one time, the plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand as decorations for women's hats.[4] They were hunted for these plumes and this reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels.[5] Now protected in the United States by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, this bird's population has rebounded.

          Description

          Adult snowy egrets are entirely white ap