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title: "Chinese zilverreiger"
description: "Egretta eulophotes — Vogels. The Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Egretta eulophotes) is a threatened species of egret from east Asia, first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/chinese-egret
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chinese zilverreiger

> Egretta eulophotes — Vogels. The Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Egretta eulophotes) is a threatened species of egret from east Asia, first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860.

- Scientific name: *Egretta eulophotes*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1109
- Wikidata: [Q392152](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392152)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4949](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4949)

## Names

- en: Chinese Egret
- de: Schneereiher
- es: Garceta China
- fr: Aigrette de Chine
- nl: Chinese zilverreiger
- pt: Garça-chinesa
- pl: Czapla żółtodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

TW (199), KR (190), CN (156), TH (87), RU (59), MY (52), HK (50), PH (40), SG (31), JP (16), VN (15), ID (4)

## Summary

The Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Egretta eulophotes) is a threatened species of egret from east Asia, first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_egret

## Photo

![Chinese zilverreiger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chinese-egret/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115315952

## Machine access

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