Galapagos Species Database
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Egretta thula
Garceta Nívea, Garcita blanca, Snowy Egret
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Ardeidae
Genus
Egretta
Species
thula
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: It was recorded for the first time on 28 December 1965, and since then one or two irregularly in southern Santa Cruz, southern Isabela, and Cormorant Point, Floreana.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Egretta thula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5082. Accessed 11 June 2026.