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title: "Czapla czarnonoga"
description: "Ardea intermedia — Ptaki. The medium egret (Ardea intermedia), median egret, smaller egret or intermediate egret, is a medium-sized heron."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/medium-egret
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Czapla czarnonoga

> Ardea intermedia — Ptaki. The medium egret (Ardea intermedia), median egret, smaller egret or intermediate egret, is a medium-sized heron.

- Scientific name: *Ardea intermedia*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 12886
- Wikidata: [Q27074615](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074615)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558445](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558445)

## Names

- en: Medium Egret
- de: Mittelreiher
- es: Garza Intermedia
- fr: Héron intermédiaire
- pt: Garça-branca-intermédia
- pl: Czapla czarnonoga

## Countries with the most observations

IN (2724), TW (1413), SG (1040), TH (857), MY (714), CN (578), HK (530), KR (426), JP (325), LK (319), ID (174), PH (147)

## Summary

The medium egret (Ardea intermedia), median egret, smaller egret or intermediate egret, is a medium-sized heron.  Some taxonomists put the species in the genus Egretta or Mesophoyx.  It is a resident breeder in southern and eastern Asia.

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

## Photo

![Czapla czarnonoga](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/medium-egret/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirela · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/157787477

## Machine access

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