Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Spanish: Garceta nivosa

The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. The genus name comes from the Provençal French for the little egret aigrette, a diminutive of aigron, "heron". The species name thula is the Araucano for the Black-necked Swan, applied to this species in error by Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782.

TaxonomyAves › Pelecaniformes › Ardeidae

Local records281 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records171,624 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2026 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-05-15 — observation by naturazihua-24
2026-05-13 — observation by titomich
2026-05-04 — observation by adriang100
2026-05-04 — observation by dennisaur-fern
2026-05-04 — observation by dennisaur-fern
2026-05-02 — observation by adriang100

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Cite as: “Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/egretta-thula/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.