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Species status: full species

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Other related concepts

• Egretta [caerulea x tricolor] (hybrid)
• Bubulcus ibis x Egretta caerulea (hybrid)
• Egretta [caerulea x garzetta] (hybrid)
• Egretta [thula x caerulea] (hybrid)
• Egretta caerulea x Nycticorax nycticorax (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kleinbloureier
Arawak: Anorá
Belarusian: Малая блакітная чапля
Bulgarian: Малка синя чапла
Bengali: হছাট নীর ফগা
Bengali (transliteration): chōṭa nīla bagā*
Breton: Herlegon glas
Catalan: Martinet blau, Martinet blavós
Carib: Tupulu-alemenau
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): kwabye nwe
Czech: Volavka modrošedá
Welsh: Crëyr glas bach
Danish: Blåhejre
German: Blaureiher
Greek: Γαλαζoτσικvιάς, Γαλαζοτσικνιάς
English: Little Blue Heron
English, HBW: Little Blue Heron
English (IOC): Little Blue Heron
English (United States): Little Blue Heron
Esperanto: Blua ardeo, Blua egreto
Spanish: Garceta Azul, Garcita morena, Garza, Garza azul, Pato aguja
Spanish (Argentine): Garza azul
Spanish (Chile): Garceta azul, Garza, Garza azul
Spanish (Colombia): Garza Azul
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garceta Azul
Spanish (Cuba): Garza Azul
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garza Azul
Spanish (Ecuador): Garceta Azul
Spanish (Spain): Garceta Azul
Spanish (HBW): Garceta azul
Spanish (Honduras): Garcita morena, Pato aguja
Spanish (Mexico): garceta azul, Garza Azul
Spanish (Nicaragua): Garceta Azul
Spanish (Panama): Garza Azul Chica
Spanish (Peru): Garcita Azul
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Garza Azul
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza azul
Spanish (Uruguay): Garceta azul, Garza, Garza azul
Spanish (Venezuela): Garcita Azul
Estonian: sinihaigur
Basque: Lertxuntxo urdin
Finnish: Sinihaikara
French: Aigrette bleue, Aigrette bleue (nominal), Aigrette bleue (nominale), Aigrette bleue (race nominale), Petit Héron bleu
Guianese Creole French: Annoré-michèl
Frisian: Lytse blauwe reager
Irish: Mionchorr ghorm
Guadeloupean Creole French: aigrette bleue, Petit héron bleu
Galician: Garzota azul
Guarani: Güîïrätïvi, Hoko'i hovy, Hoko'i-hovy
Manx: Coar ghorrym veg
Haitian Creole French: Ti Krabye ble
Croatian: Mala plava čaplja, Modrosiva čaplja
Hungarian: kék gém, Kék kócsag
Icelandic: Mýrahegri
Italian: Airone azzurro minore
Japanese (romaji): himeakakurosagi
Japanese: ヒメアカクロサギ
Scientific: Ardea caerulea, Ardea caerulescens, Ardea coerulea, Egretta caerulea, Egretta caerulea caerulea, Florida caerulea, Florida caerulea caerulea, Hydranassa caerulea
Lithuanian: Mažasis žydrasis garnys, Mėlynasis garnys
Latvian: zilais gārnis
Macedonian: Мала сина чапја
Maltese: Agrett ikħal
Dutch: Kleine Blauwe Reiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåhegre
Norwegian: Blåhegre
Wayampi: Waynymyu
Palikúr: Masawale, Takakwayen
Polish: czapla sniada, czapla śniada
Portuguese: Garca-azul, garça-azul, Garça-azul / Garça-morena, garça-morena
Portuguese (Brazil): Garça Azul, garca-azul, Garça-azul, garça-morena
Portuguese (Portugal): garça-azul-pequena, Garça-morena
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun blau
Romanian: Egretă albastră
Russian: Малая Голубая Цапля, Цапля малая голубая
Northern Sami: Alitháigir
Slovak: Volavka modrá, volavka modrosivá
Slovenian: modra čaplja
Albanian: Çapka e kaltër
Serbian: Mala plava čaplja
Sranan: Blawsabaku
Swedish: Blåhäger
Turkish: Mavi Balıkçıl
Ukrainian: Чепура блакитна
Uzbek: кичик кўк қарқара
Wayana: Kuuawi
Chinese: 小蓝鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 小藍鷺