Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Ardea alba

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Amerikaanse grootwitreier, Grootwitreier (Amerikaanse)
Arabic: بلشون ابيض كبير (egretta)
Asturian: Garcia blanca (egretta)
Azerbaijani: İri ağ vağ (egretta yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Амерыканская белая чапля
Bulgarian: Голяма бяла чапла (ssp. egretta)
Catalan: Agró blanc (egretta)
Czech: volavka bílá (ssp. egretta)
Danish: Amerikansk Sølvhejre, Sølvhejre, Amerikansk (ssp. egretta)
German: Amerikasilberreiher, Silberreiher (egretta)
Greek: Αργυροτσικνιάς (egretta)
English: American Egret, American Great Egret, Great American Egret, Great Egret (American), Western Great Egret (American), Western Great Egret (egretta)
English (United Kingdom): Great White Egret (American)
English, HBW: Great White Egret (American)
English (IOC): Great Egret (American)
English (Kenya): Great White Egret (American)
English (New Zealand): White Heron (American)
English (UAE): Great Egret (American)
English (United States): Great Egret (American)
Esperanto: Amerika granda egretardeo
Spanish: Garceta Grande (americana), Garza Blanca, Garza Blanca (egretta)
Spanish (Argentine): Garza Blanca (egretta)
Spanish (Chile): Garza grande (egretta)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garceta Grande (egretta)
Spanish (Cuba): Garzón blanco (egretta)
Spanish (Ecuador): Garceta Grande (Blanca) (egretta)
Spanish (Spain): Garceta grande (americana), Garceta Grande (egretta)
Spanish (HBW): Great Egret (American)
Spanish (Mexico): Garza Blanca (egretta)
Spanish (Panama): Garceta Grande (egretta)
Spanish (Peru): Garza Grande (egretta)
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza blanca (egretta)
Spanish (Uruguay): Garza Blanca, Garza Blanca Grande (Subesp. egretta)
Estonian: Ameerika hõbehaigur
Basque: Koartza zuria (egretta)
Persian: اگرت بزرگ (egretta)
Finnish: Amerikanjalohaikara, jalohaikara (egretta)
French: Aigrette d'Amérique, Grande Aigrette, Grande Aigrette (Amérique), Grande Aigrette (egretta), Grande Aigrette (forme d'Amérique), Grande aigrette d'Amérique, Héron d'Amérique
Frisian: Amerikaanske wite reager
Irish: Éigrit mhór Mheiriceánach
Guadeloupean Creole French: Grand crabier blanc
Galician: Garza branca (egretta), Garzón branco americano
Hebrew: לבנית גדולה (אמריקנית)
Croatian: Američka bijela čaplja
Hungarian: Nagy kócsag (Amerikai)
Armenian: Սպիտակ մեծ տառեղ (egretta)
Icelandic: Mjallhegri (egretta)
Italian: Airone bianco americano
Japanese (romaji): daisagi (egretta)
Japanese: ダイサギ (egretta), ダイサギ（egretta）
Kirghiz: Америка ири ак кытаны
Scientific: Ardea alba egretta, Ardea alpina egretta, Ardea Egretta, Casmerodius alba egretta, Casmerodius albus egretta, Casmerodius egretta, Egretta alba egretta, Egretta albus egretta, Egretta egretta
Lithuanian: Didysis baltasis garnys (egretta)
Dutch: Amerikaanse Grote Zilverreiger, Grote Zilverreiger (Amerikaans)
Norwegian: egretthegre (egretta)
Polish: czapla amerykanska, czapla amerykańska, czapla biała (egretta)
Portuguese: Garça-branca-americana, Garça-branca-grande
Portuguese (Brazil): garça-branca (egretta)
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-grande (egretta)
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun alv american
Romanian: Egretă mare americană
Russian: Американская белая цапля, Большая белая цапля (egretta)
Northern Sami: Amerihkájievjaháigir
Slovak: volavka americká, volavka americká (skup.)
Slovenian: Ameriška bela čaplja, Velika bela čaplja (egretta)
Serbian: Velika bela čaplja (egretta)
Swedish: ägretthäger (egretta), Amerikansk ägretthäger
Thai: นกยางโทนใหญ่ (อเมริกา)
Turkish: Amerika akbalıkçılı, Büyük Ak Balıkçıl (egretta)
Tatar: Америка зур ак челәне
Ukrainian: Чепура (біла) неоарктична
Chinese: 大白鹭（美洲）