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Other synonyms

Afrikaans: Grootrietreier, Grootrietreier (Roerdomp)
Arabic: الواق, الواق بو الخصيف, بوبو(الواق الكبير)
Asturian: Avetoru, Garcia Muxidora
Azerbaijani: Iri danquşu
Belarusian: Бугай, Чапля-бугай
Bulgarian: Голям воден бик
Bengali: বাঘা বগলা
Breton: Ar bongorz bras, Bongorz
Catalan: Bitó, Bitó comú, Bitor
Catalan (Balears): Bitó
Valencian: Bitor
Montenegrin: bukavac
Czech: Bukac velký, Bukač velký, bukaè velký
Welsh: Aderyn y bwn, Bwm y gors, Bwmp y gors
Danish: Rørdrum
German: Große Rohrdommel, Rohrdommel, Rohrdrommel
Greek: (Ευρασιατικός) Ήταυρος, Βουρωδιός, Ηταυρος
Greek (Cypriot): Βουρωδιός
English: African Bittern, Bittern, Common Bittern, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Great Bittern, Great Bittern, Pinnated Bittern
English (IOC): Eurasian Bittern
Esperanto: Granda botaûro
Spanish: Avetor Comun, Avetoro, Avetoro Común, Mirasol Común
Spanish (Spain): Avetoro Común
Spanish (HBW): Avetoro común
Estonian: Hüüp
Basque: Bitó comú, Txori zezen arrunt, Txori zezen arrunta
Persian: بوتیمار بزرگ
Finnish: Kaulushaikara
Faroese: Mækjuglámur
French: Butor d'Europe, Butor étoilé, Grand Butor
Frisian: Reiddomp
Irish: Bonnán
Gaelic: Corra Ghrain
Galician: Abetouro, abetouro común, Bitó comú
Manx: Coar vooar
Hebrew: אנפה מסורטטת, אנפה משורטטת
Croatian: Bukavac, Bukavac nebogled
Hungarian: Bölömbika
Armenian: [Mets Jrntsul ], Մեծ Ջրցուլ
Icelandic: Sefþvari
Italian: Tarabusco, Tarabuso, Tarabuso eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): sanka no goi, sankanogoi, Sankano-goi
Japanese: サンカノゴイ
Japanese (Kanji): 三家五位
Georgian: დიდი ყარაულა, ყარაულა, წულის ბუღა, წყლის ბუღა
Khakas: Кöл пугазы
Kazakh: Үлкен кєлбұқа, Үлкен әупілдек
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken kölbuqa
Korean: 알락해오라기
Korean (Transliteration): allak-haeoragi, odoi tsoiron, turag bukh shuvuu, usni bukh
Karelian: Kaglushaikar
Cornish: Clabyttour
Kwangali: Shivo
Scientific: Ardea stellaris, Botaurus stellaris, Botaurus stellaris stellaris
Luxembourgish: Grouss Dommel, Mouerochs
Lithuanian: Bublys, Bukas, Didysis baublys, Dūkas, Kaukutis, Rėklys, Ūpas
Latvian: Dumplis, Ezergailis, Lielais dumpis, Ūdens vērsis
Macedonian: Букаец, Голем воден бик
Malayalam: പെരുങ്കൊച്ച
Mongolian: Бух шувуу, Тураг бух шувуу, Усны бух, Усны бухшувуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠣᠰᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠪᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠰᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠪᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Одой цойрон, Усны бух шувуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): usni bukh-shuvuu
Moldavian: Buhai de baltă
Malay: Burung Pucung Danau, Burung Pucung Paya
Maltese: Kappun
Nepali: ठूलो जूनबकुल्ला
Dutch: Roerdomp
Norwegian Nynorsk: Røyrdrum
Norwegian: Rørdrum
Polish: bak, Bąk, bąk (zwyczajny), Bąk przylądkowy, Bąk zwyczajny
Pinyin: dà má-lù, dà má-yán, dà shuǐ luòtuo, pú jī
Portuguese: abetouro, Abetouro-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Abetouro
Romansh: Tarbegl grond
Romanian: Buhai de baltă
Russian: Vyp, Большая выль, Большая выпь, Выпь, Выпь большая
Scots: Corra ghrain
Northern Sami: Rávraháigir
Slovak: Bučiak trsťový, bučiak trsťový/bučiak veľký, Bučiak veľký
Slovenian: bobnarica, velika bobnarica
Albanian: Gakthi
Serbian: Bukavac, bukovac, Vodeni bik, Букавак, Букавац
Sotho, Southern: Khoiti-mohlaka
Swedish: Rördrom
Swahili: Vumatiti Mkubwa
Thai: นกยางแดงใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók yaaŋ daeeŋ yày
Tswana: Kgapu
Turkish: Balaban, Balaban Kuşu, Үлкен көлбұқа
Tuvinian: бургураа, Далай бугазы
Ukrainian: Бугай, Бугай водяний
Vietnamese: Chim Diệc sao, Chim Vạc rạ, Vạc rạ
Chinese: [da ma-lu], [da ma-yan], [da shui luotuo], [pu ji], 大水骆驼, 大麻, 大麻千干鸟, 大麻, 大麻鳽, 大麻鷺, 蒲鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 大水駱駝, 大麻鳽, 大麻鷺, 大麻鷺〔大麻鳽〕, 蒲雞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大麻鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): [da ma-lu], 大麻鷺, 大麻鹭
Zulu: Umabu