---
title: "Little Egret"
description: "Egretta garzetta — Birds. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/little-egret
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Egret

> Egretta garzetta — Birds. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Egretta garzetta*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 135080
- Wikidata: [Q131709](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131709)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4943](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4943)

## Names

- en: Little Egret
- de: Seidenreiher
- es: Garceta común
- fr: Aigrette garzette
- nl: Kleine zilverreiger
- pt: Garcinha-branca
- pl: Czapla nadobna

## Countries with the most observations

GB (12850), FR (11377), ES (10896), IT (9444), TW (8565), IN (6383), PT (5970), CN (5846), AU (5519), JP (4762), HK (4514), ZA (3802)

## Photo

![Little Egret](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-egret/medium.jpg)

Photo: khopkins63 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231868119

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-egret?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).