Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootwitreier (Australiese)
Arabic: بلشون ابيض كبير (استرالي)
Asturian: Garcia blanca (modesta)
Azerbaijani: İri ağ vağ (modesta yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голяма бяла чапла (ssp. modesta)
Bengali: ফড় ফগা , বড় বগা
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa bagā
Catalan: Agró blanc (modesta)
Czech: volavka bílá (ssp. modesta)
Danish: Sølvhejre, Australasiatisk (ssp. modesta)
German: Silberreiher (modesta), Silberreiher-modesta
Greek: Αργυροτσικνιάς (modesta)
English: Eastern Great Egret, Eastern Large Egret, Great Egret (Australasian), Great white egret, White Heron
English (Australia): Great Egret (Eastern/Australasian)
English (United Kingdom): Great White Egret (Australasian)
English, HBW: Great White Egret (Australasian)
English (IOC): Great Egret (Australasian)
English (Kenya): Great White Egret (Australasian)
English (New Zealand): White Heron (Australasian), White Heron (modesta)
English (UAE): Great Egret (Australasian)
English (United States): Great Egret (Australasian)
Esperanto: Orienta egretardeo
Spanish: Garceta Grande (australiana), Garza Blanca (modesta)
Spanish (Argentine): Garza Blanca (modesta)
Spanish (Chile): Garza grande (modesta)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garceta Grande (modesta)
Spanish (Cuba): Garzón blanco (modesta)
Spanish (Ecuador): Garceta Grande (Blanca) (modesta)
Spanish (Spain): Garceta grande (australiana), Garceta Grande (modesta)
Spanish (HBW): Great Egret (Australasian)
Spanish (Mexico): Garza Blanca (modesta)
Spanish (Panama): Garceta Grande (modesta)
Spanish (Peru): Garza Grande (modesta)
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza blanca (modesta)
Spanish (Uruguay): Garza Blanca Grande (Subesp. modesta)
Basque: Koartza zuria (modesta)
Persian: اگرت بزرگ (modesta)
Finnish: jalohaikara (modesta)
French: Aigrette d'Australasie, Grande Aigrette (Australasie), Grande Aigrette (modesta), Héron d'Australasie
Galician: Garza branca (modesta)
Hebrew: לבנית גדולה (מזרחית)
Armenian: Սպիտակ մեծ տառեղ (modesta)
Icelandic: Mjallhegri (modesta)
Italian: Airone bianco maggiore
Japanese (romaji): Dai-sagi, daisagi (modesta)
Japanese: ダイサギ (modesta), ダイサギ（亜種 チュウダイサギ）, チュウダイサギ, チュウダイサギ (modesta)
Korean: *중대백로, 중대백로, 중대백로 (modesta)
Scientific: Ardea alba modesta, Ardea alpina modesta, Ardea modesta, Ardea modesta modesta, Casmerodius alba modesta, Casmerodius albus modesta, Egretta alba modesta, Egretta alba modestus, Egretta albus modesta, Egretta modesta
Lithuanian: Didysis baltasis garnys (modesta)
Maori: Kotuku
Dutch: Grote Zilverreiger (Australie-Aziatisch), Oostelijke Grote Zilverreiger
Norwegian: egretthegre (modesta)
Polish: czapla biała (modesta)
Portuguese (Brazil): garça-branca (modesta)
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-grande (modesta)
Russian: Большая белая цапля (modesta), Восточная белая цапля, Цапля восточная белая
Slovak: volavka čiernozobá, volavka čiernozobá (skup.), volavka snehobiela
Slovenian: Velika bela čaplja (modesta)
Serbian: Velika bela čaplja (modesta)
Swedish: ägretthäger (modesta)
Tamil: Peria Kokku
Thai: นกยางโทนใหญ่ , นกยางโทนใหญ่ (modesta), นกยางโทนใหญ่ (ตะวันออก)
Turkish: Büyük Ak Balıkçıl (modesta)
Vietnamese: Cò ngàng lớn
Chinese: 大白鹭, 大白鹭（东洋界至澳洲界）, 大白鹭（澳洲界）
Chinese (Traditional): 大白鷺(modesta), 大白鷺(東亞澳)