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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: Haynan qarıldağı
Bulgarian: Белобуза нощна чапла
Bengali: ধরাকান চনচ঱ফক
Bengali (transliteration): dhalākāna niśibaka*
Catalan: Martinet de nit magnífic
Czech: kvakoš pestrý, Kvakoš vznešený
Danish: Hvidøret Nathejre
German: Hainan Reiher, Hainanreiher
English: Chinese night heron, Hainan Night Heron, Hainan Night-Heron, Magnificent Night Heron, Magnificent Night-Heron, White eared Night Heron, White-eared Night Heron, White-eared Night-Heron
English, HBW: White-eared Night-heron
English (IOC): White-eared Night Heron
English (United States): White-eared Night-Heron
Esperanto: Blankorela noktardeo
Spanish: Garza Nocturna Magnífica, Martinete Magnífico
Spanish (Spain): Martinete Magnífico
Spanish (HBW): White-eared Night-Heron
Estonian: bambuse-ööhaigur
Finnish: Kiinanhämyhaikara
French: Bihoreau de Chine, Bihoreau de Hainan, Bihoreau superbe, Vachoa superbe
Croatian: hainanski gak
Hungarian: hainani bakcsó
Italian: di Hainan, Nitticora guancebianche, Nitticora magnifica
Japanese (romaji): hainan mizo-goi, hainanmizogoi
Japanese: ハイナンミゾゴイ
Japanese (Kanji): 海南溝五位
Kirghiz: Хайнань түнчү кытаны
Scientific: Gorsachius magnificus, Nycticorax magnificus, Oroanassa magnifica
Lithuanian: Karališkasis baublys
Dutch: Hainankwak
Norwegian Nynorsk: Praktdverghegre
Norwegian: Praktdverghegre
Polish: slepowron wspanialy, ślepowron wspaniały
Pinyin: hǎinán yán, hǎinán yè-yán
Portuguese: Savacu-magnífico
Portuguese (Portugal): garça-nocturna-magnífica
Russian: Белоухая кваква, Хайнаньская кваква
Slovak: chavkoš vznešený, volavka vznešená
Serbian: Belouhi gak
Swedish: Praktnatthäger
Turkish: Sürmeli Gece Balıkçılı
Ukrainian: Квак білошиїй
Vietnamese: Chim Vạc hoa, Vạc hoa
Chinese: 海南, 海南千干鸟, 海南夜, 海南夜鳽, 海南虎斑鳽, 海南行鸟, 海南鳽
Chinese (Traditional): 海南夜鳽, 海南虎斑鳽, 海南鳽