Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Ardea alba [alba or melanorhynchos]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootwitreier (Afrikaanse)
Arabic: بلشون ابيض كبير (melanorhynchos)
Asturian: Garcia blanca (melanorhynchos)
Azerbaijani: İri ağ vağ (melanorhynchos yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голяма бяла чапла (ssp. melanorhynchos)
Catalan: Agró blanc (melanorhynchos)
Czech: volavka bílá (ssp. melanorhynchos)
Danish: Sølvhejre, Afrikansk (ssp. melanorhynchos)
German: Silberreiher (melanorhynchos)
Greek: Αργυροτσικνιάς (melanorhynchos)
English: Great Egret (African), Great Egret (melanorhynchos), Great White Egret, Western Great Egret (African), Western Great Egret (melanorhynchos)
English (Avilist): Great Egret (African)
English (United Kingdom): Great White Egret (African)
English, HBW: Great White Egret (African)
English (Hong Kong SAR China): Great Egret (African)
English (IOC): Great Egret (African)
English (Kenya): Great White Egret (African)
English (New Zealand): White Heron (African)
English (UAE): Great Egret (African)
English (United States): Great Egret (African)
Spanish: Garceta Grande (africana), Garza Blanca (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Argentine): Garza Blanca (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Chile): Garza grande (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garceta Grande (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Cuba): Garzón blanco (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Ecuador): Garceta Grande (Blanca) (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Spain): Garceta grande (africana), Garceta Grande (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (HBW): Great Egret (African)
Spanish (Honduras): Garzón Blanco (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Mexico): Garza Blanca (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Panama): Garceta Grande (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Peru): Garza Grande (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Garza Real (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza blanca (melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Uruguay): Garza Blanca Grande (Subesp. melanorhynchos)
Spanish (Venezuela): Garza Blanca Real (melanorhynchos)
Estonian: hõbehaigur (ssp. melanorhynchos)
Basque: Koartza zuria (melanorhynchos)
Persian: اگرت بزرگ (melanorhynchos)
Finnish: jalohaikara (melanorhynchos)
Faroese: Silvurhegri (melanorhynchos)
French: Aigrette d'Afrique, Grande Aigrette, Grande Aigrette (Afrique), Grande Aigrette (melanorhynchos), Héron d'Afrique
French (Guyane): Grande Aigrette (melanorhynchos)
Galician: Garza branca (melanorhynchos)
Hebrew: לבנית גדולה (אפריקנית)
Croatian: velika bijela čaplja (afrička)
Hungarian: Nagy kócsag (Afrikai)
Armenian: Սպիտակ մեծ տառեղ (melanorhynchos)
Indonesian: Cangak besar (melanorhynchos)
Icelandic: Mjallhegri (melanorhynchos)
Japanese (romaji): daisagi (melanorhynchos)
Japanese: ダイサギ (melanorhynchos), ダイサギ（melanorhynchos）
Kazakh: Үлкен аққұтан (Африка)
Kirghiz: Чоң ак кытан (African)
Scientific: Ardea alba melanorhyncha, Ardea alba melanorhynchos, Ardea alpina melanorhyncha, Ardea alpina melanorhynchos, Ardea Melanorhynchos, Casmerodius alba melanorhyncha, Casmerodius alba melanorhynchos, Casmerodius albus melanorhyncha, Casmerodius albus melanorhynchos, Egretta alba melanorhyncha, Egretta alba melanorhynchos, Egretta albus melanorhyncha, Egretta albus melanorhynchos, Herodias latiefii
Lithuanian: Didysis baltasis garnys (melanorhynchos)
Nepali: ठूलो सेतोबकुल्ला (African)
Dutch: Grote Zilverreiger (Afrikaans)
Norwegian: egretthegre (melanorhynchos)
Polish: czapla biała (melanorhynchos)
Portuguese (Angola): Garça-branca-grande (melanorhynchos)
Portuguese (Brazil): garça-branca (melanorhynchos)
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-grande (melanorhyncha), garça-branca-grande (melanorhynchos)
Romanian: Egretă mare (melanorhynchos)
Russian: Большая белая цапля (melanorhynchos)
Slovak: volavka africká, volavka africká (skup.)
Slovenian: Velika bela čaplja (melanorhynchos)
Albanian: Ҫafka e madhe e bardhë (melanorhynchos)
Serbian: Velika bela čaplja (melanorhynchos)
Swedish: ägretthäger (melanorhynchos)
Thai: นกยางโทนใหญ่ (แอฟริกา)
Turkish: Büyük Ak Balıkçıl (melanorhynchos)
Ukrainian: Чепура велика (підвид melanorhynchos)
Chinese: 大白鹭（非洲）
Chinese (Hong Kong): 大白鷺 (melanorhynchos)
Chinese (Traditional): 大白鷺(melanorhynchos)
Zulu: ingeklenkulu (melanorhynchos)