Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ardea [alba or modesta] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Ardea [alba or plumifera] (taxon group)
• Ardea [alba or brachyrhyncha] (taxon group)
• Ardea [cocoi x alba] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootwitreier
Arabic: البلشون الأبيض الكبير, بيوضي كبير
Asturian: Garcia Grande
Azerbaijani: Böyük ağ vağ, böyük ağnaz, iri ağ vağ
Bashkir: аҡ селән
Belarusian: Вялiкая белая чапля, Вялікая белая чапля, Чапля вялікая белая
Bulgarian: Голяма бяла чапла
Bengali: বড় বগা
Breton: An herlegon bras
Catalan: Agró blanc, Agró blanc gros
Catalan (Balears): Agró blanc gros
Valencian: Agró blanc
Montenegrin: velika bijela čaplja, велика бијела чапља
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): велика бијела чапља
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): kwabye blanc
Czech: Volavka bílá
Chuvash: шур чарлан, шурă чарлан
Welsh: Crëyr mawr gwyn, Crёyr Mawr Gwyn
Danish: Sølvhejre
German: Silberreiher
Maldivian: Lagnaa
Greek: Αργυροτσικνιάς, Χανούμισσα
Greek (Cypriot): Χανούμισσα
English: Great Egret, Great White Egret, Great white heron, Western Great Egret
English (United Kingdom): Great White Egret
English (Kenya): Great White Egret
English (New Zealand): White Heron
Esperanto: Blanka ardeo, Blanka egretardeo, Granda egretardeo , granda egreto
Spanish: Garceta Grande, garza blanca, Garza Blanca Grande, Garza Grande, Garza Real, Garzón
Spanish (Argentine): Garza blanca
Spanish (Bolivia): Garza blanca
Spanish (Chile): Garza grande
Spanish (Colombia): Garza Real
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garceta Grande
Spanish (Cuba): Garzón
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garza Blanca, Garza Real
Spanish (Spain): Garceta Grande
Spanish (Honduras): Garzón blanco
Spanish (Mexico): garza blanca, Garza Grande
Spanish (Panama): Garceta Grande
Spanish (Peru): Garza Grande
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza blanca
Spanish (Uruguay): Garza Blanca, Garza Blanca Grande
Spanish (Venezuela): Garza Real
Estonian: Hõbehaigur
Basque: Lertxuntxo handia
Persian: اگرت  بزرگ
Finnish: Jalohaikara
Faroese: Silvurhegri
French: Grande Aigrette, Héron aigrette
Friulian: airon blanc
Irish: Éigrit Mhór
Guadeloupean Creole French: Grand crabier blanc
Gaelic: Corra Bhàn Mhòr
Galician: Garzota grande
Guarani: Guyratî
Haitian Creole French: Gwo krabye blanch
Hebrew: לבנית גדולה
Hindi: Chennarai
Croatian: Velika Bijela Caplja
Hungarian: Nagy kócsag
Armenian: Սպիտակ Մեծ Տառեղ
Indonesian: Burung, Burung Kuntul Besar, Burung Kuntul Putih Besar, Cangak besar
Icelandic: Mjallhegri
Italian: Airone bianco maggiore
Japanese (romaji): daisagi, Dai-sagi, shira-sagi
Japanese: オオダイサギ, シラサギ, ダイサギ
Japanese (Kanji): 大鷺, 白鷺
Georgian: დიდი თეთრი ყანჩა, დიდი ოყარი
Kara-Kalpak: үлкен ақ қутан
Kabardian: псыхэуэхужь
Mongolian, Halh: бэсрэг дэглээ
Khakas: Ах сÿлен
Kazakh: ақ қарқара, үлкен ақ құтан, үлкен ақ тырна, Үлкен аққұтан
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken aq-qutan
Korean: 대대백로, 대백로, 중대백로
Korean (Transliteration): dae-baeng-no, dae-dae-baeng-no, soe-dae-baeng-no
Kwangali: Samunkoma Gomuzera
Kirghiz: ак кытан, илек илек, ири ак кытан, кадимки ак кытан, чоң ак кытан
Scientific: Ardea alba, Ardea alba alba, Ardea alba modesta, Ardea modesta, Ardea modesta modesta, Casmerodius albus, Egretta alba, Herodias alba
Luxembourgish: Grousse wäisse Reeër, Sëlwerreeër
Lithuanian: Didysis baltasis garnys
Latvian: Lielais baltais gārnis
Malagasy: Vanofotsy
Maori: Kotuku, kōtuku
Macedonian: Голема бела чапја
Malayalam: പെരുമുണ്ടി ?
Mongolian: бэсрэг дэглээ, зусаг цагаан дэглий, Цасч дэглий, Цасч дэглээ, Цасч тэглэй
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠴᠠᠰᠣᠴᠢ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠲᠣᠷᠣᠭ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Тураг цагаан дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): tsasch deglee, tsasch deglii, tsasch teglei, turag tsag aaŋ deglii
Moldavian: Egretă mare
Malay: Bangau Besar, Burung Bangau Besar, Burung Bangau Putih, Burung Ruak-ruak Putih
Maltese: agrett kbir, egretta l-kbira, Russett Abjad
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): зусаг цагаан дэглий
Nepali: ठूलो सेतोबकुल्ला
Dutch: Grote Zilverreiger
Norwegian: Egretthegre
Polish: czapla biala, Czapla biała
Pinyin: bái cháng-jiǎo lùsī, bái lǎo guān, bái-wā, bái-wāzi, bái-zhuāng, dà bái-lù, dōng-zhuāng, fēng piāo gōngzi, gōngzi, xuě-kè
Portuguese: Garça-branca-grande
Portuguese (Brazil): garca-branca, garça-branca, Garça-branca-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-grande
Romansh: Irun alv
Romanian: Egretă mare
Russian: Bolshaya Belaya Tsaplya, Белая цапля, Большая белая цапля, Цапля большая белая
Scots: Corra bhan mhor
Slovak: beluša veľká
Slovenian: velika bela čaplja
Shona: Svorechena
Albanian: Çapka e madhe e bardhë
Serbian: velika bijela caplja
Sotho, Southern: Leholosiane
Swedish: Ägretthäger
Swahili: Msuka
Tajik: куланги сафед
Thai: นกยางโทนใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók yaaŋ tʰoon yày
Turkmen: uly ak hokgar
Turkish: Büyük Ak Balıkçıl, Büyük akbalıkçıl, Үлкен аққұтан
Tatar: Aq balıq çil, зур ак челэн
Tuvinian: Ак коонгук, ак кооңгук, түлен
Ukrainian: Велика біла чапля, Чепура велика
Uzbek: катта оқ қарқара, катта оққўтон, оққўтон
Vietnamese: Chim Cò ngàng lớn, Chim Diệc lớn, Cò ngàng lớn
Kalmyk: ик цаһан деглә, цаһан деглә
Chinese: 公子, 冬庄, 大白鷺, 大白鹭, 白庄, 白洼, 白洼子, 白老冠, 白长脚鹭鸶, 雪客, 风漂公子
Chinese (Traditional): 公子, 冬莊, 大大白鷺, 大白鷺, 白窪, 白窪子, 白老冠, 白莊, 白長腳鷺鷥, 雪客, 風漂公子
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大白鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 大白鷺 , 大白鹭
Zulu: iLanda