Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Egretta [garzetta or dimorpha] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kleinwitreier (Dimorfiese)
Arabic: بلشون ابيض صغير (dimorpha)
Asturian: Garcina blanca (dimorpha)
Azerbaijani: Kiçik ağ vağ (dimorpha yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Двуцветна рифова чапла, Малка бяла чапла (ssp. dimorpha)
Catalan: Martinet blanc comú (dimorpha)
Czech: volavka dimorfni, volavka dimorfní, Volavka madagarskarská, volavka stříbřitá (ssp. dimorpha)
Welsh: Crëyr traethau Masgarin
Danish: Mascarenerhejre
German: Madagaskarreiher, Meerreiher, Seidenreiher (dimorpha)
Greek: Λευκοτσικνιάς (dimorpha)
English: Dimorphic Egret, Dimorphic Heron, Dimorphic Little Egret, Little Egret (Dimorphic), Madagascar Egret, Madagascar Heron, Madagascar Reef-Egret, Madagascar Reef-Heron, Mascarene Egret, Mascarene Reef Egret, Mascarene Reef Heron, Mascarene Reef-Egret, Mascarene Reef-Heron
English, HBW: Western Reef-egret (Dimorphic)
English (IOC): Dimorphic Egret
English (Kenya): Dimorphic Egret
English (Philippines): Little Egret (Dimorphic)
English (United States): Little Egret (Dimorphic)
Esperanto: Duforma egreto, Dumorfa egretardeo
Spanish: Garceta Común (dimorpha), Garceta Dimorfa
Spanish (Spain): Garceta Común (dimorpha)
Spanish (HBW): Little Egret (Dimorphic)
Estonian: madagaskari siidhaigur
Basque: Koartzatxo txikia (dimorpha)
Persian: اگرت کوچک (dimorpha)
Finnish: madagaskarinsilkkihaikara, silkkihaikara (dimorpha)
French: Aigrette dimorphe, Aigrette garzette (dimorpha), Aigrette garzette (dimorphe)
Irish: Éigrit dhémhorfach
Galician: Garceta común (dimorpha), Garzota dimorfa
Hebrew: לבנית קטנה (דו מופעית)
Croatian: madagaskarska obalna čaplja
Hungarian: madagaszkári zátonykócsag
Armenian: Սպիտակ փոքր տառեղ (dimorpha)
Icelandic: Bjarthegri (dimorpha)
Italian: Garzetta dimorfica
Japanese (romaji): kosagi (dimorpha), madagasukarukurosagi
Japanese: コサギ (dimorpha), コサギ（dimorpha）, マダガスカルクロサギ
Scientific: Ardea garzetta dimorpha, Egretta dimorpha, Egretta garzetta assumptionis, Egretta garzetta dimorpha, Egretta gularis dimorpha, Hydranassa dimorpha
Lithuanian: Dimorfinis garnys, Mažasis baltasis garnys (dimorpha)
Latvian: Maskarenu gārnis
Malagasy: Langorofotsy, Vanofotsy, Vanomainty
Dutch: Kleine Zilverreiger (dimorpha), Madagaskarzilverreiger, Mascarenenreiger
Norwegian: Madagaskarsilkehegre, silkehegre (dimorpha)
Polish: czapla nadobna (dimorpha), czapla zmienna
Portuguese: Garça-dimorfa
Portuguese (Brazil): garça-pequena-europeia (dimorpha)
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-pequena (dimorpha), garça-dimorfa
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun da mar
Romanian: Egretă dimorfă
Russian: Двухцветная Рифовая Цапля, Мадагаскарская рифовая цапля, Малая белая цапля (dimorpha), Рифовая цапля, Цапля двухцветная рифовая
Slovak: volavka menlivá, volavka menlivá (skup.)
Slovenian: Mala bela čaplja (dimorpha)
Serbian: Mala bela čaplja (dimorpha)
Swedish: kusthäger, Kysthäger, Madagaskarrevhäger, silkeshäger (kusthäger)
Swahili: Yange-pwani
Thai: นกยางเปีย (สองสี)
Turkish: Küçük ak balıkçıl (dimorpha), Madagaskar Ak Balıkçılı, Madagaskar akbalıkçılı
Ukrainian: чапля двоморфна, Чепура (мала) двоморфна
Chinese: 白鹭 (dimorpha), 礁鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 礁鷺