Species profile
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Quick answer
Golden slippers on black legs; dances through the shallows.
- Scientific name
- Egretta thula
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Genus
- Egretta
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Coastal marsh, mudflats
Recording Snowy Egret in your journal
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