Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ardea [intermedia, brachyrhyncha or plumifera] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.1) Clements, version 2021 (v.1) Clements, version 2022 (v.1) Clements, version 2023 (v.1) Clements 5th edition (as published) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions) (v.1) Clements, version 2015 (v.1) Clements, version 2016 (v.1) Clements, version 2017 (v.1) Clements, version 2018 (v.1) Clements, version 2019 (v.1) eBird version 2015 (v.1) eBird version 2016 (v.1) eBird version 2017 (v.1) eBird version 2018 (v.1) eBird version 2019 (v.1) eBird version 2021 (v.1) eBird version 2022 (v.1) eBird version 2023 (v.1) Howard and Moore 2nd edition (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8) (v.1) Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2) (v.1) Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018) (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1 (v.1) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original) (v.1) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition) (v.1) Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01 (v.1) Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02 (v.1) Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03 (v.1) Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024) (v.1) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource (v.1) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource (v.1)

Other related concepts

• Ardea [alba or brachyrhyncha] (taxon group)
• Ardea [intermedia or brachyrhyncha] (taxon group)
• Bubulcus ibis or Ardea brachyrhyncha (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Geelbekwitreier, Geelbekwitreier (Geelbek)
Arabic: بلشون ابيض متوسط (brachyrhyncha)
Belarusian: Жоўтадзюбая белая чапля
Bulgarian: Средна бяла чапла (ssp. brachyrhyncha)
Catalan: Martinet beccurt
Czech: volavka prostřední (ssp. brachyrhyncha), volavka subsaharská
Welsh: Crëyr melynbig
Danish: Gulnæbbet Hejre, Mellemhejre, Gulnæbbet (ssp. brachyrhyncha)
German: Afrikamittelreiher, Edelreiher, Mittelreiher (brachyrhyncha)
Greek: Μεσαίος Αργυροτσικνιάς (brachyrhyncha)
English: African Intermediate Egret, African Yellow-billed Egret, Intermediate Egret (brachyrhyncha), Intermediate Egret (Yellow-billed), Yellow-billed Egret
English, HBW: Yellow-billed Egret
English (IOC): Intermediate Egret (Yellow-billed)
English (Kenya): Yellow-billed Egret (Yellow-billed)
English (United States): Intermediate Egret (Yellow-billed)
English (South Africa): Yellow-billed Egret (Yellow-billed)
Esperanto: Flavbeka egretardeo
Spanish: Garceta Intermedia (brachyrhyncha), Garceta piquicorta, Garceta piquigualda
Spanish (Spain): Garceta Intermedia (brachyrhyncha)
Spanish (HBW): Intermediate Egret (Yellow-billed)
Estonian: aafrika väike-hõbehaigur
Persian: اگرت متوسط (brachyrhyncha)
Finnish: pikkujalohaikara (brachyrhyncha)
French: Aigrette à bec jaune, Héron à bec jaune, Héron intermédiaire (à bec jaune), Héron intermédiaire (brachyrhyncha)
Irish: Éigrit ghob-bhuí
Galician: Garzota de bico curto
Hebrew: לבנית בינונית (אפריקנית)
Croatian: Afrička žutokljuna čaplja
Hungarian: Rövidcsőrű kócsag
Icelandic: Hríshegri (brachyrhyncha)
Italian: Airone bianco beccogiallo, Airone bianco intermedio (brachyrhyncha)
Japanese (romaji): chuusagi (brachyrhyncha)
Japanese: チュウサギ (brachyrhyncha), チュウサギ（brachyrhyncha）
Scientific: Ardea brachyrhyncha, Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, Egretta brachyrhyncha, Egretta intermedia brachyrhyncha, Herodias brachyrhynchus, Mesophoyx brachyrhyncha, Mesophoyx intermedia brachyrhyncha
Lithuanian: Geltonsnapis baltasis garnys, Vidutinis baltasis garnys (brachyrhyncha)
Latvian: Dzeltenknābja gārnis
Dutch: Geelbekzilverreiger, Middelste Zilverreiger, Middelste Zilverreiger (brachyrhyncha)
Norwegian: duskhegre (brachyrhyncha), Gulnebbhegre
Polish: czapla czarnonoga (brachyrhyncha), czapla zóltogoleniowa, czapla żółtogoleniowa
Portuguese: Garça-de-bico-curto
Portuguese (Portugal): garça-branca-intermédia (brachyrhyncha)
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun dal bec mellen
Romanian: Egretă cu cioc galben
Russian: Желтоклювая белая цапля, Средняя белая цапля (brachyrhyncha)
Slovak: volavka žltozobá, volavka žltozobá (skup.)
Slovenian: Srednja čaplja (brachyrhyncha)
Serbian: Srednja bela čaplja (brachyrhyncha), Žutokljuna čaplja
Swedish: Gulnäbbad häger, mellanhäger (brachyrhyncha)
Thai: นกยางโทนน้อย (แอฟริกา)
Turkish: Ortanca Balıkçıl (brachyrhyncha)
Ukrainian: Чепура (середня) африканська
Chinese: 中白鹭 (brachyrhyncha), 非洲中白鹭