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Little Egret

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q131709
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Summary

Little Egret is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,038 views/month, #1,216 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Egretta[5]
  • Taxon name: Egretta garzetta[6]
  • Commons category: Egretta garzetta[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Egretta garzetta[8]
  • Commons gallery: Egretta garzetta[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • Short name: E. garzetta[11]
  • Taxon common name: crëyr bach[12], Little Egret[13], Seidenreiher[14], Garceta común[15], martinet blanc comú[16], volavka stříbřitá[17], siidhaigur[18], Silkehegre[19], Малая белая цапля[20], Kleinwitreier[21], الغرنوق الأبيض[22], Kiçik ağ vağ[23], Малая белая чапля[24], Малка бяла чапла[25]

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Identifiers

Little Egret's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 188379[26]. Little Egret's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511358[27]. Little Egret's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480876[28]. Little Egret's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174816[29].

Why It Matters

Little Egret has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. 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 . species.be. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . 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. 2d ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'br'
    Sitelink count → 90
    Encyclopedia of life id → 45511358
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia of life id: 45511358"
  2. 9w ago · JSeke · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'crëyr bach'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Little Egret'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Seidenreiher'} +94
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon common name: Corra-bhàn Bheag"
  3. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Vulnerable
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Vulnerable, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
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