Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Bubulcus [ibis or coromandus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Bubulcus ibis x Egretta caerulea (hybrid)
• Egretta garzetta x Bubulcus ibis (hybrid)
• Bubulcus ibis x Egretta thula (hybrid)
• Bubulcus ibis or Ardea brachyrhyncha (taxon group)
• Bubulcus ibis or Ardea brachyrhyncha (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Veereier, Veereier (Bosluisvoël), Veereier (Bosluisvoël) (Westelike)
Arabic: أبوقردان, بلشون الماشية, بلشون الماشية (غربي)
Asturian: Garcia de Gües, Garcina llendadora (ibis)
Azerbaijani: Misir vağcığı, Misir vağı, Misir vağı (ibis yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Егiпецкая чапля, Егіпецкая чапля, Чапля егіпецкая
Bulgarian: Биволска чапла, Биволска чапла (ssp. ibis)
Bengali: গো বগা, হগা ফগা
Bengali (transliteration): gō bagā
Breton: Ar vugerc'heiz, Bugerc'heiz
Catalan: Esplugabous, Esplugabous (ibis)
Catalan (Balears): Esplugabous
Montenegrin: čaplja govedarka, чапља говедарка
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): чапља говедарка
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): kwabye gad-bef
Czech: Volavka rusohlavá , volavka rusohlavá (ssp. ibis), volavka rusohlavá západní
Chuvash: Египет чарланĕ
Welsh: Crëyr y gwartheg, Crёyr y Gwartheg
Danish: Kohejre, Kohejre (ibis)
German: Kuhreiher, Kuhreiher (ibis)
Maldivian: Iruvaihudhu
Greek: Γελαδάρης, Γελαδάρης (ibis)
Greek (Cypriot): Γελαδάρης
English: Cattle Egret, Cattle Egret (ibis), Cattle Egret (Western), Western Cattle Egret, Western Cattle-Egret
English, HBW: Cattle Egret (Western)
English (IOC): Western Cattle Egret
English (Kenya): Cattle Egret
English (United States): Cattle Egret (Western)
English (South Africa): Western Cattle Egret
Esperanto: bova ardeo, Bovardeo
Spanish: Garcilla Bueyera, Garcilla Bueyera (occidental), Garcita Bueyera, Garza boyera, Garza Ganadera, Garza Ganadera (ibis)
Spanish (Argentine): Garcita bueyera, Garcita Bueyera (ibis)
Spanish (Bolivia): Garcilla bueyera
Spanish (Chile): Garza boyera, Garza bueyera (ibis)
Spanish (Colombia): Garcita Bueyera
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garcilla Bueyera, Garcilla Bueyera (ibis)
Spanish (Cuba): Garza Ganadera, Garza ganadera (ibis)
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garza Ganadera
Spanish (Ecuador): Garceta (Garza) Bueyera (ibis)
Spanish (Spain): Garcilla Bueyera, Garcilla Bueyera (ibis), Garcilla bueyera (occidental)
Spanish (HBW): Cattle Egret (Western)
Spanish (Honduras): Garcita bueyera
Spanish (Mexico): garza ganadera, Garza Ganadera (ibis)
Spanish (Panama): Garceta Bueyera, Garceta Bueyera (ibis)
Spanish (Peru): Garcita Bueyera, Garcita Bueyera (ibis)
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Garza Ganadera
Spanish (Paraguay): Garcita bueyera, Garcita bueyera (ibis)
Spanish (Uruguay): Garcita Bueyera, Garza Bueyera (Subesp. ibis)
Spanish (Venezuela): Garcita Reznera
Estonian: veisehaigur
Basque: Koartzatxo itzaina (ibis), Lertxuntxo itzain, Lertxuntxo itzaina
Persian: گاوچرانک معمولی
Finnish: Lehmähaikara, lehmähaikara (ibis)
Faroese: kúhegri, Kúhegri (ibis)
French: Gardeboeuf d'Afrique, Héron garde-bœufs, Héron garde-boeufs (Afrique), Héron garde-boeufs (ibis)
Frisian: Feereager
Irish: Éigrit Eallaigh
Guadeloupean Creole French: Kio blanc, Pique-bœufs
Galician: Garciña boieira (ibis), Garza boieira
Guarani: Hoko'i vaka
Manx: Coar-vane yn ollee
Haitian Creole French: Krabye gad-bèf
Hebrew: אנפית בקר, אנפית בקר (מערבית)
Hindi: Unni kokku
Croatian: Čaplja Govedarica, Čaplja govedarica (subsp. ibis)
Hungarian: Pásztorgém, Pásztorgém (Nyugati)
Armenian: Եգիպտական Տառեղ, Եգիպտական տառեղ (Արևմտյան)
Indonesian: Burung Kuntul Kerbau, Kuntul Kerbau
Icelandic: Kúhegri, Kúhegri (ibis)
Italian: Airone guardabuoi, Airone guardabuoi (ibis)
Japanese (romaji): ama-sagi, nishiamasagi, nishiamasagi (ibis)
Japanese: アマサギ, アマサギ (ibis), アマサギ（ibis）, ニシアマサギ, ニシアマサギ (ibis)
Japanese (Kanji): 亜麻鷺
Georgian: ეგვიპტური ყანჩა, მწყემსი ყანჩა
Kabardian: мысырпсыхэуэ
Mongolian, Halh: дэгэл
Kazakh: Египет көкқұтаны, Египет құтаны, Египет тырнасы, Мысыр құтаны, Сарықұйрық құтан
Kazakh (Transliteration): sarı-quyrık qutan
Korean: 황로
Korean (Transliteration): hwang-no
Kwangali: Esingangombe
Kirghiz: мисир кытаны
Scientific: Ardea bubulcus, Ardea Ibis, Ardeola ibis seychellarum, Bubulcus coromandus, Bubulcus ibis, Bubulcus ibis coromandus, Bubulcus ibis ibis, Bubulcus ruficrista, Cancroma Coromanda, Egretta ibis, Egretta ibis ibis
Luxembourgish: Koureeër
Lithuanian: ibinis garnys, Ibiškasis garnys, Ibiškasis garnys (ibis)
Latvian: Lopu gārnis, Lopu gārnis (ibis)
Malagasy: Vorompotsy
Macedonian: чапја говедарка
Malayalam: കാലിമുണ്ടി  
Mongolian: дэгэл, Хотны дэгэл
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠲᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠦᠬᠡᠷ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Үхэр дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): khotni degel, ükher deglii
Moldavian: Stârc de cireadă
Malay: Burung Bangau Kendi, Burung Bangau Kerbau, Burung Kuntul-cilik
Maltese: agrett ta' l-għanem, Agrett tal-Bhejjem, egretta ta' l-ifrat
Nepali: वस्तु बकुल्ला
Dutch: Koereiger, Koereiger (Westelijk)
Norwegian: Kuhegre, kuhegre (ibis)
Sotho, Northern: Madšadipere
Palauan: Keremial
Polish: czapla zlotawa, czapla złotawa, czapla złotawa (ibis), czapla złotawa (ssp. ibis)
Pinyin: chù-lù, fàng niú láng, hóng-tóu guān, hóng-tóu lù, huáng-máo lù, huáng-tóu lù, huáng-tóu lùsī, jiāchù lùsī, ní-lù, niú-bèi lù
Portuguese: Carraceiro, garça-vaqueira, Garça-vaqueira / Carraceiro
Portuguese (Brazil): garca-vaqueira, garça-vaqueira, garça-vaqueira (ibis)
Portuguese (Portugal): Carraceiro, Carraceiro (ibis), garça-boieira (ibis), garça-boieira-ocidental
Romansh: Irun bultg
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun bultg
Romanian: Stârc de cireadă
Russian: Египетская цапля, Египетская цапля (ibis), Египетская цапля (подвид ibis), Западная египетская цапля, Цапля египетская
Northern Sami: Gussaháigir, Gussáháigir
Slovak: hltavka chochlatá, hltavka chochlatá (skup.)
Slovenian: Kravja čaplja, Kravja čaplja (ibis)
Shona: Kafudzamombe
Albanian: Çapka lopcare, Çapka lopçare
Serbian: afrička žuta čaplja, Čaplja govedarka, Čaplja govedarka (ibis)
Sotho, Southern: Leholosiane
Swedish: Kohäger
Swahili: Yangeyange
Tamil: Unni Kokku
Thai: นกยางเสวย, นกยางควาย, นกยางควาย (ตะวันตก)
Thai (Transliteration): nók yaaŋ kʰwaay, nók yaaŋ sà-wĕuuy
Turkmen: müsür hokgary
Tswana: Manawane
Turkish: Sığır Balıkçılı, Sığır Balıkçılı (ibis), Сарықұйрык құтан
Tsonga: Dzandza
Tatar: Мисыр челәне
Ukrainian: Чапля єгипетська, Чапля єгипетська (підвид ibis)
Uzbek: египет қарқараси
Vietnamese: Chim Cò ma, Chim Cò ruồi, Chim Cò trâu, Chim Cưỡi, Cò ruồi
Xhosa: Ilanda
Chinese: *牛背鹭, 家畜鹭鸶, 尼鹭, 放牛郎, 牛背鹭, 畜鹭, 红头官, 红头鹭, 西方牛背鹭, 西牛背鹭, 黄头鹭鸶, 黄毛鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 家畜鷺鷥, 家畜鷺鸶, 尼鷺, 放牛郎, 牛背鷺, 牛背鷺〔西方黃頭鷺〕, 畜鷺, 紅頭官, 紅頭鷺, 西方牛背鷺〔西方黃頭鷺〕, 西牛背鹭, 黃毛鷺, 黃頭鷺鷥, 黃鷺, 黄毛鷺, 黄頭鷺鸶
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黃頭鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 黄头鹭
Zulu: iLanda