Little egret: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the little egret lives – recorded in 117 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Egretta garzetta
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	117 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Mass	28 g (birth weight); 532 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Ardeidae

Where does the little egret live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the little egret in 117 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Africa, Brazil, South America, Hefei. In Spain it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a little egret?

Wikidata records the following for the little egret: mass 28 g (birth weight); 532 g (adult weight).

Is the little egret endangered?

The little egret’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the little egret?

The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the family Ardeidae, genus Egretta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the little egret

The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of three to five bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents for about three weeks. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Little egret (revision 1356733933), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q131709 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).