Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda (B), Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada (B), Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (B), St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).
Vagrant to American Samoa, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Iceland, Portugal, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), United Kingdom.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 390,000 - 1,400,000 (2010).
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) [XC481925]
by Paul Marvin from Imperial Beach Sports Park, San Diego County, California, United States (call, flight call)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) [XC636492]
by Dante Buzzetti from San Pablo Etla, San Pablo Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico (flight call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Little Egret (Egretta garzetta).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
thula (Molina, 1782) - North, Central and South America, from north-eastern USA through Caribbean to north-eastern Argentina, and from north-western Mexico to southern Chile.
brewsteri Thayer & Bangs, 1909 - Western USA, Baja California.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet