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Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Aves
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order
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Pelecaniformes
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family
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Ardeidae
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genus
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Ardea
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species
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Ardea alba
Name
- Homonyms
- Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Airone bianco maggiore in Italian
- Arione bianco maggiore in Italian
- Garceta Grande in Spanish
- Garça-branca-grande in Portuguese
- Grande Aigrette in French
- Great White Egret in English
- Grote Zilverreiger in Dutch
- Grotee zilverreiger in Dutch
- Jalohaikara in Finnish
- Nagy kócsag in Hungarian
- Silberreiher in German
- Sølvhejre in Danish
- Volavka bílá in Czech
- great egret in English
- great egret in English
- jalohaikara in Finnish
- Ägretthäger in Swedish
- buyuk ak balikcil in Turkish
- czapla biała in Polish
- gata e bardhë e madhe in Albanian
- gatëza e bardhë e madhe in Albanian
- great egret in English
- great white egret in English
- ägretthäger in Swedish
- çafka e bardhë e madhe in Albanian
- çajma e bardhë e madhe in Albanian
- çapkëbardha e madhe in Albanian
- Голяма бяла чапла in Bulgarian
Bibliographic References
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Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
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Hancock, James, and James Kushlan, 1984: null. The Herons Handbook. 288.
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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SOF (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
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Zimmerman, D. A.; Turner, D. A.; Pearson, D. J. (1996). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. <em>Russel Friedman Books, Halfway House, South Africa.</em>
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del Hoyo, Elliott & Sargatal (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Ostrich to Ducks