Little Egret
Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

NENot Evaluated
Family
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (Ardeidae)
Order
Pelecaniformes

Overview

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.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.