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Great Egret

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q130730
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Summary

Great Egret is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,048 views/month, #747 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ardea[5]
  • Taxon name: Ardea alba[6]
  • Subclass of: egret[7]
  • Commons category: Ardea alba[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ardea alba[9]
  • Commons gallery: Ardea alba[10]
  • Taxon common name: Great Egret[11], Silberreiher[12], Garceta grande[13], Grande Aigrette[14], Airone bianco maggiore[15], นกยางโทนใหญ่[16], Grootwitreier[17], ダイサギ[18], Большая белая цапля[19], Grote Zilverreiger[20], Sølvhejre[21], Egretthegre[22], Mjallhegri[23], ägretthäger[24]

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Identifiers

Great Egret's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 110620[25]. Great Egret's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511352[26]. Great Egret's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9752617[27]. Great Egret's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554135[28].

Why It Matters

Great Egret has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Brazil People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.4. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → egretta-alba
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: egretta-alba, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289928676|egretta alba (#289928676)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 15w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Near Threatened
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Critically Endangered, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
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