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Egretta thula
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Translingual
thumb|200px|Egretta thula, the snowy egret.
Etymology
thumb|200px|Molina describes the snowy egret as "Ardea Thula" on pages 235 and 344 of Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili (1782). (Page 344 shown here)
The epithet thula is possibly from a mul arn - word for the black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus species), or possibly from en Thule The northernmost location of the ancient world, an allusion to the whiteness of snow in the region. The epithet was given by Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina (1740-1829) in his work Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili (1782).
Proper noun
Egretta thula mul 1 f
species family Ardeidae snowy egret
Hypernyms
species Pelecaniformes order order; Ardeidae family family; Ardeinae subfamily subfamily; Egretta genus genus
References
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2014, The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest. James Sandrock. p52.
1993, The Oxford Dictionary of British Bird Names. W. B. Lockwood.
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