Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Ardea alba [alba]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootwitreier (Eurasiese)
Arabic: بلشون ابيض كبير (اوراسي)
Asturian: Garcia blanca (alba)
Azerbaijani: İri ağ vağ (alba yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голяма бяла чапла (ssp. alba)
Catalan: Agró blanc, Agró blanc (alba)
Czech: volavka bílá (ssp. alba), volavka bílá eurasijská
Danish: Sølvhejre, Sølvhejre (Eurasik), Sølvhejre, Europæisk (ssp. alba)
German: Silberreiher, Silberreiher (alba), Silberreiher-alba
Greek: Αργυροτσικνιάς (alba)
English: African Great White Egret, Eurasian Great Egret, Great Egret, Great Egret (alba), Great Egret (Eurasian), Great white egret, Great White Heron, Large Egret , Western Great Egret (alba), Western Great Egret (Eurasian)
English (United Kingdom): Great White Egret (Eurasian)
English, HBW: Great White Egret (Eurasian)
English (IOC): Great Egret (Eurasian)
English (Kenya): Great White Egret (Eurasian)
English (New Zealand): White Heron (Eurasian)
English (UAE): Great Egret (Eurasian)
English (United States): Great Egret (Eurasian)
Spanish: Garceta Grande (euroasiática), Garza Blanca (alba)
Spanish (Argentine): Garza Blanca (alba)
Spanish (Chile): Garza grande (alba)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garceta Grande (alba)
Spanish (Cuba): Garzón blanco (alba)
Spanish (Ecuador): Garceta Grande (Blanca) (alba)
Spanish (Spain): Garceta Grande (alba), Garceta grande (euroasiática)
Spanish (HBW): Great Egret (Eurasian)
Spanish (Mexico): Garza Blanca (alba)
Spanish (Panama): Garceta Grande (alba)
Spanish (Peru): Garza Grande (alba)
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza blanca (alba)
Spanish (Uruguay): Garza Blanca Grande (Subesp. alba)
Estonian: Hõbehaigur
Basque: Koartza zuria (alba)
Persian: اگرت بزرگ (alba)
Finnish: jalohaikara (alba)
Faroese: Silvurhegri (alba)
French: Grande Aigrette, Grande Aigrette (alba), Grande Aigrette (Eurasie), Grande Aigrette (forme d'Eurasie)
Galician: Garza branca (alba)
Hebrew: לבנית גדולה (מערבית)
Croatian: Velika bijela čaplja (Euroazijska)
Hungarian: Nagy kócsag (Eurázsiai)
Armenian: Սպիտակ մեծ տառեղ (Եվրասիական)
Icelandic: Mjallhegri (alba)
Italian: Airone bianco maggiore, Airone bianco maggiore (alba)
Japanese (romaji): daisagi (alba)
Japanese: ダイサギ (alba), ダイサギ（亜種 ダイサギ）
Korean: 대대백로 / 대백로, 대백로
Scientific: Ardea alba, Ardea alba alba, Ardea alpina alpina, Casmerodius alba alba, Casmerodius albus alba, Casmerodius albus albus, Egretta alba alba, Egretta albus albus
Lithuanian: Didysis baltasis garnys (alba)
Latvian: Baltais gārnis (alba)
Dutch: Grote Zilverreiger (Euraziatisch)
Norwegian: egretthegre (alba)
Polish: czapla biala, czapla biała, czapla biała (alba), czapla biała (ssp. alba)
Portuguese (Brazil): garça-branca (alba)
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-grande (alba)
Russian: Большая белая цапля (alba), Большая белая цапля (подвид alba)
Slovak: beluša veľká, beluša veľká (skup.)
Slovenian: Velika bela čaplja (alba)
Serbian: Velika bela čaplja (alba)
Swedish: ägretthäger (alba)
Thai: นกยางโทนใหญ่ (ตะวันตก)
Turkish: Büyük Ak Balıkçıl (alba)
Ukrainian: Чепура велика (підвид alba)
Chinese: 大白鹭（古北界）, 大白鹭（欧亚）
Chinese (Traditional): 大白鷺(alba), 大白鷺(歐亞)