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Other related concepts

• Nycticorax nycticorax or Nyctanassa violacea (taxon group)
• Nyctanassa violacea x Nycticorax nycticorax (hybrid)
• Nycticorax [caledonicus x nycticorax] (hybrid)
• Egretta tricolor x Nycticorax nycticorax (hybrid)
• Egretta caerulea x Nycticorax nycticorax (hybrid)
• Egretta garzetta x Nycticorax nycticorax (hybrid)
• Nycticorax [nycticorax or caledonicus] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Gewone Nagreier
Arabic: الواق الأخضر الصغير, بلشون الليل أسود التاج, غراب الليل
Asturian: Garcia nocherniega, Garcina de Nueche, Garcina de Nuechi
Azerbaijani: adi qarıldaq, Qarıldaq
Bashkir: ала селән, ала сөлән, ҡауылдаҡ селән
Belarusian: Чапля-кваква
Bulgarian: Нощна чапла, Обикновена нощна чапла
Bengali: কামরাভাথা চনচ঱ফক , কালামাথা নিশিবক
Bengali (transliteration): kālōmāthā niśibaka
Breton: Ar gerc'heiz kein du, Kerc'heiz-noz kein du
Catalan: Martinet de nit, Martinet de nit comú, Orval
Catalan (Balears): Orval
Carib: Anapa'wura, Palanasau, Sawaku
Montenegrin: gak, гак
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): гак
Czech: Kvakoš nocní, Kvakoš noční, kvakoš noèní
Chuvash: ахаль кваква
Welsh: Crëyr y nos, Crёyr y Nos
Danish: Nathejre
German: Nachtreiher
Maldivian: Raabondhi
Greek: (Κοινός) Νυχτοκόρακας, Νυκτοκόρακας, Νυχτoκόρακας, Νυχτοκόρακας
Greek (Cypriot): Νυκτοκόρακας
English: American night Heron, Black-capped Night Heron, Black-capped Night-Heron, Blackcrowned Night Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Night Heron, Night Heron, Night-heron, Qua Bird, Quawk
English (Hawaii): ʻAukuʻu - Black-crowned Night-Heron
English, HBW: Black-crowned Night-heron
English, Hawaii: ʻAukuʻu - Black-crowned Night-Heron
English (IOC): Black-crowned Night Heron
English (Kenya): Black-crowned Night Heron
English (United States): Black-crowned Night-Heron
Esperanto: Noktardeo
Spanish: Garza bruja, Garza nocturna corona negra, Garza Nocturna Coroninegra, Garza-nocturna Coroninegra, Guaco Común, Guanabá de la Florida, Huairavo, Huairavo del Norte, Martinete, Martinete Capinegro, Martinete Comun, Martinete Común, Martinete coroninegro, Pedrete Corona Negra, pedrete corona-negra, Rey Congo Cabeza Negra, Yaboa Real
Spanish (Argentine): Garza bruja
Spanish (Chile): Huairavo, Huairavo común
Spanish (Colombia): Guaco Común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Martinete Coroninegro
Spanish (Cuba): Guanabá de la Florida
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garza Nocturna Coroninegra, Rey Congo, Rey Congo Cabeza Negra
Spanish (Ecuador): Garza Nocturna (Huaque) Coroninegra
Spanish (Spain): Martinete Común
Spanish (HBW): Martinete común
Spanish (Honduras): Garza nocturna corona negra
Spanish (Mexico): Garza Nocturna Corona Negra, Garza-nocturna Coroninegra, pedrete corona negra, pedrete corona-negra
Spanish (Nicaragua): Martinete Capinegro
Spanish (Panama): Garza Nocturna Coroninegra
Spanish (Peru): Huaco Común
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Yaboa Real
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza bruja
Spanish (Uruguay): Garza bruja
Spanish (Venezuela): Guaco
Estonian: Ööhaigur
Basque: Amiltxori arrunt, Amiltxori arrunta, Martinet de nit
Persian: حواصیل (وِکای) شب, حواصیل شب
Finnish: Yöhaikara
Faroese: Nátthegri
French: Bihoreau à couronne noir, Bihoreau à couronne noire, Bihoreau gris, Héron bihoreau, Héron bihoreau à calotte noire
Guianese Creole French: Sawakou-blan
Frisian: Nachtreager
Irish: Corr Oíche
Guadeloupean Creole French: Crabier bois, Crabier grosse tête
Gaelic: Corra an oidhche
Galician: Garciña noiteira común, Garza da noite, Martinet de nit
Guarani: Tajasu guyra, Tajasu-guyra
Manx: Coar ny hoie
Haitian Creole French: Kòk lannwit kouwòn nwa
Hawaiian: 'Auku'u
Hebrew: אנפת לילה, אנפת לילת
Hindi: Vakka
Croatian: Gak
Hungarian: Bakcsó
Armenian: [Kvakva ], Կվակվա
Indonesian: Burung, Burung Kowak-malam, Burung Kowak-malam Abu, Kowak, Kowakmalam Abu, Kowak-malam abu
Icelandic: Nátthegri
Italian: Nitticora, Nitticora comune
Japanese (romaji): goi sagi, goisagi, Goi-sagi, hoshi goi, se-guro goi
Japanese: ゴイサギ, セグロゴイ, ホシゴイ
Japanese (Kanji): 五位鷺, 星五位, 背黒五位
Georgian: ღამის ყანჩა
Kara-Kalpak: кваква
Kabardian: псыхэуэпщагуэ
Mongolian, Halh: зашин
Kazakh: бақылдақ, Бақылдақ құтан, кәдімгі бақылдақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): baqıldaq qutan
Karipúna Creole French: Sauacu
Korean: 해오라기
Korean (Transliteration): haeoragi
Cornish: Kerghyth nos
Kwangali: Hakaruu Gomasiku
Kirghiz: кадимки түнчү кытан, түнчү кытан
Scientific: Ardea grisea, Ardea kwaka, Ardea Nycticorax, Nycticorax aegyptius, Nycticorax infaustus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Luxembourgish: Nuetsreeër
Lithuanian: Naktikovis, paprastasis naktikovis
Latvian: Nakts gārnis, Naktsgārnis
Malagasy: Doaka, Goadrano, Goaka, Koaka, Rahoaka
Macedonian: Гак, Драјка, Ноќна чапја
Malayalam: പാതിരാക്കൊക്ക്, പാതിരാകൊക്ക്
Mongolian: зашин, Ногоовор дэглий, Ногоовор зашин
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠭᠠᠪᠥᠷ ᠵᠡᠰᠢᠨ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠭᠠᠪᠥᠷ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Модон охор
Mongolian (Transliteration): modoŋ okhor, nogoovor deglii, nogoovor zashiŋ
Moldavian: Stârc de noapte
Mamasa: dakko-dakko
Marathi: रातबगळा
Malay: Burung, Burung Kuntul Malam, Burung Pucung Kuak, Pucong Kuak, Pucung Kuak
Maltese: kwakk, Kwakka
Nepali: बा“के बकुल्ला
Dutch: Kwak
Norwegian Nynorsk: Natthegre
Norwegian: Natthegre
Wayampi: Sawaku
Palikúr: Sawak
Polish: slepowron, Ślepowron, ślepowron (zwyczajny), Ślepowron zwyczajny
Pinyin: huī wāzi, shuǐ wāzi, xīng bān, xīng yán, yè hè, yè lù, yè yóu hè
Portuguese: arapapá-de-bico-comprido, dorminhoco, garça-cinzenta, Garca-dorii-iinhoca, garça-dorminhoca, Garça-nocturna, Goraz, guacuré, guacuru, guarucu, savacu, Savacu / Goraz, socó, socó-dorminhoco, socó-dorminhoco / goraz, socó-galinha, Socó-taquari, taiassu, tajaçu, taquari, taquiri
Portuguese (Brazil): arapapá-de-bico-comprido, dorminhoco, garça-cinzenta, garça-dorminhoca, guacuré, guacuru, guarucu, Savacu, socó, soco-dorminhoco, socó-dorminhoco, socó-galinha, socó-taquari, taiassu, tajaçu, taquari, taquiri
Portuguese (Portugal): Goraz, goraz-comum
Romansh: irun stgarvuna, Irun stgarvunà
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun stgarvunà
Romanian: Stârc de noapte
Russian: Kvakva, Кваква, Кваква обыкновенная, Ночная цапля, Обыкновенная Кваква
Northern Sami: Idjaháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Ra-koka
Slovak: bučiak nočný, chavkoš nočný, Chvakoš nočný
Slovenian: kvakac, kvakač
Albanian: Çapka e natës, Çapka natës
Serbian: gak, Nocna caplja, Гак, Ночна цаплја
Saramaccan: Hápapa
Sranan: Dikkop
Sotho, Southern: Kokolofitoe
Swedish: Natthäger
Swahili: Kingoyo Utosi-weusi
Tamil: Erakokku
Thai: นกแขวก
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰwàeek
Turkmen: kawguş
Turkish: Gece Balıkçılı, gece balykçyly, Бақылдақ құтан
Tatar: кваква, кваквалар, кваквасы
Udmurt: нюркурег
Ukrainian: Квак, Квак звичайний
Uzbek: кваква, ҳаққуш
Vietnamese: Chim Vạc, Vạc
Kalmyk: кавка
Chinese: 夜 鹭, 夜游鹤, 夜鷺, 夜鹤, 夜鹭, 星, 星斑, 水洼子, 灰洼子, 苍
Chinese (Traditional): 夜遊鶴, 夜鶴, 夜鷺, 星斑, 星鳽, 水窪子, 灰窪子, 蒼鳽
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 夜鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 夜鹭
Zulu: uSiba