Translingual

Egretta thula, the snowy egret.

Proper noun

Egretta thula f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Ardeidae – the snowy egret.

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
• 2014, The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest. James Sandrock. p52.
• 1993, The Oxford Dictionary of British Bird Names. W. B. Lockwood.