Great White Egret - Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Quick facts
Threat status Europe | Least Concern (IUCN) |
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Protected by | EU Birds Directive and 5 other international agreements |
Natura 2000 sites | 1319 are designated for this species |
Distribution
Threat and conservation status
Natura 2000 sites
Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites
Protected sites
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Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Common names and synonyms
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Ägretthäger | Swedish | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Airone bianco maggiore | Italian | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Arione bianco maggiore | Italian | EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC |
Garça-branca-grande | Portuguese | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Garceta Grande | Spanish | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Grande Aigrette | French | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Great White Egret | English | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Grote Zilverreiger | Dutch | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Grotee zilverreiger | Dutch | EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC |
Jalohaikara | Finnish | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Nagy kócsag | Hungarian | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Silberreiher | German | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
Sølvhejre | Danish | EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC |
Volavka bílá | Czech | Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. |
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Casmerodius albus | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Egretta alba | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Other resources
CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
EoL | Encyclopedia of Life |
Fauna Europaea search | Fauna Europaea |
GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |