Egretta

**Egretta**
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	العربية: ابن الماء; مصرى: طيور ايكريتا; Kotava: Eybava; azərbaycanca: Ağ vağ; беларуская: Белыя чаплі; български: Бели чапли; Cebuano: Talabong; čeština: volavka; eʋegbe: Tɔsixevi; Esperanto: Egretoj; فارسی: قار; suomi: Haikarat; עברית: לבנית; ქართული: ოყარი; 한국어: 백로속; lietuvių: Baltieji garniai; latviešu: Mazie gārņi; македонски: бели чапји; മലയാളം: ഈഗ്രറ്റ; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Pe̍h-lêng-si; русский: Белые цапли; slovenščina: bela čaplja; ತುಳು: ಕೊಕ್ಕರೆ; українська: Чепура; 中文: 白鹭属; 中文（中国大陆）: 白鹭属; 中文（简体）: 白鹭属; 中文（繁體）: 白鷺屬; 中文（香港）: 白鷺屬; 中文（新加坡）: 白鹭属; 中文（臺灣）: 白鷺屬;
Taxonomy
Infraorder	Tetanurae
Clade	Coelurosauria
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Aequornithes
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Ardeidae
Genus	Egretta
Taxon author	Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster, 1817
Authority file
	Q312272; J9U ID: 987007536697605171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 56073; ITIS TSN: 174812; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 45511353; Fossilworks taxon ID: 142800; GBIF taxon ID: 2480872; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 159113; ZooBank ID for name or act: 5FDB5DC4-A1E4-4EAE-9EB0-6FF6CFDBCCC5; Fauna Europaea ID: 96649; Plazi ID: 63B393A7-F270-4EA7-2048-A62F5B2ACC77; Avibase taxon ID: EF5443C0A8213E46; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 0ae46e2b-1dc0-4b98-9500-8fd8aa2144e5; EPPO Code: 1EGREG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 4933, 475483; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000530347; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4583; ADW taxon ID: Egretta
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Pelecaniformes • Familia: Ardeidae • Subfamilia: Ardeinae • Genus: Egretta T. Forster, 1817

Vernacular names

English: Egrets
العربية: ابن الماء
مصرى: طيور ايكريتا
azərbaycanca: Ağ vağ
беларуская: Белыя чаплі
Cebuano: Talabong
eʋegbe: Tɔsixevi
Esperanto: Egretoj
español: Garcetas
فارسی: قار
suomi: Haikarat
français: Aigrettes
עברית: לבנית
italiano: Egrette
ქართული: ოყარი
한국어: 백로속
lietuvių: Baltieji garniai
latviešu: Mazie gārņi
മലയാളം: ഈഗ്രറ്റ
română: Egretă
русский: Белые цапли
ತುಳು: ಕೊಕ್ಕರೆ
українська: Чепура
中文: 白鹭属
Bân-lâm-gú: Pe̍h-lêng-si

Included species (for IOC classification 6.2):

E. ardesiaca, E. caerulea, E. dimorpha, E. eulophotes, E. garzetta, E. gularis, E. novaehollandiae, E. picata, E. rufescens, E. sacra, E. thula, E. tricolor, E. vinaceigula

Note: IOC classification 6.2 has moved Egretta intermedia to genus Ardea as species Ardea intermedia

Included species (for IOC classification 2.6):

E. ardesiaca, E. caerulea, E. dimorpha, E. eulophotes, E. garzetta, E. gularis, E. intermedia, E. novaehollandiae, E. picata, E. rufescens, E. sacra, E. thula, E. tricolor, E. vinaceigula