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Egretta thula (snowy egret)
Taxonomy
Ardea thula was named by Molina (1782). It is extant.
It was recombined as Leucophoyx thula by Wetmore (1956) and Ligon (1966); it was recombined as Egretta thula by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Leucophoyx thula by Wetmore (1956) and Ligon (1966); it was recombined as Egretta thula by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1782 | Ardea thula Molina |
| 1931 | Egretta thula Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1940 | Egretta thula Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1942 | Egretta thula Miller and DeMay p. 79 |
| 1956 | Leucophoyx thula Wetmore p. 19 |
| 1966 | Leucophoyx thula Ligon |
| 2014 | Egretta thula del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Egretta thula Clements et al. |
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Egretta thula Molina 1782 [snowy egret]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available