This beautiful white bird is a Snowy Egret, a species of heron native to North and South America. It is a medium-sized wading bird with a long, slender neck and black legs. Its white plumage is accented by yellow feet and a black bill. During
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The snowy egret is a small white heron. The genus name comes from Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, which is a diminutive of aigron, 'heron'. The species name thula is the Mapudungun term for the black-necked swan, applied to this species in error by Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782.