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Other related concepts

• Ardea [cinerea x alba] (hybrid)
• Ardea alba x Nycticorax caledonicus (hybrid)
• Ardea [intermedia or alba] (taxon group)
• Ardea [herodias x alba] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootwitreier
Arabic: البلشون الأبيض الكبير, البلشون الأبيض الكبير بوالخصيف, بلشون ابيض كبير, بيوضي كبير
Arawak: Wakara
Asturian: Garcia blanca, Garcia Grande
Azerbaijani: Ağ vağ quşu, Böyük ağ vağ, İri ağ vağ
Belarusian: Вялiкая белая чапля, Вяліка бела чапля, Вялікая белая чапля
Bulgarian: Голяма бяла чапла
Bengali: বড় বগা
Breton: An herlegon bras, Herlegon bras
Catalan: Agró blanc, Agró blanc gros
Catalan (Balears): Agró blanc gros
Carib: Akara'u
Valencian: Agró blanc
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): kwabye blanc
Czech: Volavka bílá
Welsh: Creyr mawr gwyn, Crëyr mawr gwyn, Crёyr Mawr Gwyn
Danish: Sølvhejre
German: Seidenreiher, Silberreiher
Maldivian: Lagnaa
Aukan: Weti-foo
Greek: Αργυρoτσικvιάς, Αργυροτσικνιάς
Greek (Cypriot): Χανούμισσα
Emerillon: Putsilu
English: American Egret, Common Egret, Egret, Great Egret, Great White Egret, Great White Heron, Greater Egret, Large Egret, Western Great or Eastern Great Egret, White Egret, White Heron
English (United Kingdom): Great White Egret
English, HBW: Great White Egret
English (IOC): Great Egret
English (Kenya): Great White Egret
English (New Zealand): White Heron
English (UAE): Great Egret
English (United States): Great Egret
Esperanto: Granda egretardeo
Spanish: Garceta Grande, Garza Blanca, Garza Blanca Grande, Garza grande, Garza Real, Garzón blanco, Garzón Grande
Spanish (Argentine): Garza blanca
Spanish (Bolivia): Garza blanca
Spanish (Chile): Garza grande
Spanish (Colombia): Garza Real
Spanish (Costa Rica): Garceta Grande
Spanish (Cuba): Garza Blanca, Garzón, Garzón blanco
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Garza Blanca, Garza Real
Spanish (Ecuador): Garceta Grande (Blanca)
Spanish (Spain): Garceta Grande
Spanish (HBW): Garceta grande
Spanish (Honduras): Garzón blanco
Spanish (Mexico): garza blanca, Garza Grande
Spanish (Nicaragua): Garzón Grande
Spanish (Panama): Garceta Grande
Spanish (Peru): Garza Grande
Spanish (Paraguay): Garza blanca
Spanish (Uruguay): Garza Blanca, Garza Blanca Grande
Spanish (Venezuela): Garza Blanca Real, Garza Real
Estonian: Hõbehaigur
Basque: Agró blanc, Koartza zuria, Koartzatxo handi, Lertxuntxo handi, Lertxuntxo handia
Persian: اگرت (قار) بزرگ, اگرت بزرگ, اگرت  بزرگ , اگرت  بزرگ (حواصیل سفید بزرگ)
Finnish: Jalohaikara
Faroese: Silvurhegri
French: Aigrette blanche, Grande Aigrette, Grande Aigrette ou A. d'Australasie, Héron aigrette, Héron crabier, Héron huppé
Guianese Creole French: Gran-blan
Frisian: Grutte wite reager
Irish: Éigrit Mhór
Guadeloupean Creole French: Grand crabier blanc
Gaelic: Corra Bhàn Mhòr
Galician: Agró blanc, Garza branca, Garzón branco, Garzota grande
Guarani: Güiratí, Guyratî
Manx: Coar-vane vooar
Haitian Creole French: Gwo krabye blanch
Hebrew: אנפה לבנה, אנפית גמדית, לבנית גדולה
Hindi: Chennarai
Croatian: Bijela čaplja, Velika Bijela Caplja, Velika Bijela Čaplja
Hungarian: Nagy kócsag
Armenian: [spitak dzknkul], [Spitak Mets Taregh ], սպիտակ ձկնկուլ, Սպիտակ Մեծ Տառեղ
Indonesian: Burung, Burung Kuntul Besar, Burung Kuntul Putih Besar, Cangak besar, Kantul besar, Kuntul besar, Kuntul putih besar
Icelandic: Mjallhegri
Italian: Airone bianco maggiore
Japanese (romaji): daisagi, Dai-sagi, shira-sagi
Japanese: シラサギ, ダイサギ
Japanese (Kanji): 大鷺, 白鷺
Georgian: დიდი თეთრი ყანჩა, დიდი ოყარი, თეთრი ყანჩა
Khakas: Ах сÿлен
Kazakh: Ақ қарқара, Үлкен аққұтан
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken aq-qutan
Karipúna Creole French: Zéghét
Korean: 대대백로, 대백로, 중대백로
Korean (Transliteration): dae-baeng-no, dae-dae-baeng-no, soe-dae-baeng-no
Kwangali: Samunkoma Gomuzera
Scientific: Ardea [alba or modesta], Ardea alba, Ardea alba alba, Ardea alba egretta, Ardea alba modesta, Ardea alpina, Ardea egretta, Ardea modesta, Ardea modesta modesta, Casmerodius alba, Casmerodius albus, Casmerodius egretta, Egretta alba, Egretta alba alba, Egretta albus, Herodias egretta
Luxembourgish: Grousse wäisse Reeër, Sëlwerreeër
Lithuanian: Baltasis garnys, Didysis baltasis garnys
Latvian: baltais gārnis, Lielais baltais gārnis, Lielais baltgārnis, Sudrabgārnis
Malagasy: domoina, Kilandry be, Langaraka, Langorofotsy, Langorona, Vanofotsy
Maori: Kotuku
Macedonian: Голема бела чапја
Malayalam: പെരുമുണ്ടി, പെരുമുണ്ടി ?
Mongolian: Цасч дэглий, Цасч дэглээ, Цасч тэглэй
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠴᠠᠰᠣᠴᠢ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠲᠣᠷᠣᠭ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Тураг цагаан дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): tsasch deglee, tsasch deglii, tsasch teglei, turag tsag aaŋ deglii
Moldavian: Egretă mare
Marathi: मोठा बगळा
Malay: Bangau, Bangau Besar, Burung Bangau Besar, Burung Bangau Putih, Burung Ruak-ruak Putih
Maltese: Russett Abjad
Nepali: ठूलो सेतोबकुल्ला
Dutch: Grote Zilverreiger, Zilver Reiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Egretthegre
Norwegian: Egretthegre, thegre
Wayampi: Wilã, Wilãsĩ
Palikúr: Wakalá
Polish: Czapla amerykańska, czapla biala, czapla biała
Pinyin: bái cháng-jiǎo lùsī, bái lǎo guān, bái-wā, bái-wāzi, bái-zhuāng, dà bái-lù, dōng-zhuāng, fēng piāo gōngzi, gōngzi, xuě-kè
Portuguese: acará, acará-tinga, garça-branca, Garca-branca-grande, Garça-branca-grande, garça-grande, garça-real, guará, guira-tinga
Portuguese (Brazil): acará, acará-tinga, Garca Branca, garça-branca, Garca-branca-grande, Garça-branca-grande, garça-grande, garça-real, guará, guira-tinga
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-branca-grande
Romansh: Irun alv
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun alv
Romanian: Egretă mare
Russian: Bolshaya Belaya Tsaplya, Белая цапля, Большая белая цапля, Цапля белая большая, Цапля большая белая
Scots: Corra bhan mhor
Northern Sami: Jievjaháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Maha Sudu-koka
Slovak: beluša veľká, Volavka biela, volavka biela (beluša veľká)
Slovenian: velika bela caplja, velika bela čaplja, velika belacaplja
Shona: Svorechena
Albanian: Çapka e bardhë e madhe, Çapka e madhe e bardhe, Çapka e madhe e bardhë
Serbian: Velika bela čaplja, velika bijela caplja, velika bijela čaplja, Велика бела цаплја, Велика бела чапља
Sranan: Galin, Sabaku
Sotho, Southern: Leholosiane
Swedish: Ägretthäger
Swahili: Msuka
Tamil: [Chennarai]
Thai: นกยางโทนใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók yaaŋ tʰoon yày
Turkish: Büyük Ak Balıkçıl, büyük ak balykçyl, Büyük akbalıkçıl, Büyük Beyaz Balıkçıl, Үлкен аққұтан
Tatar: Aq balıq çil
Tuvinian: Ак коонгук, Тулен
Ukrainian: Велика біла чапля, Чепура велика
Vietnamese: Chim Cò ngàng lớn, Chim Diệc lớn, Cò ngàng lớn
Wayana: Wakalaimë
Chinese: [bai-wa], [bai-zhuang], [da bai-lu], [gongzi], 公子, 冬庄, 大白鷺, 大白鹭, 白庄, 白洼, 白洼子, 白老冠, 白长脚鹭鸶, 西大白鹭, 雪客, 风漂公子
Chinese (Traditional): 公子, 冬莊, 大大白鷺, 大白鷺, 白窪, 白窪子, 白老冠, 白莊, 白長腳鷺鷥, 雪客, 風漂公子
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大白鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): [da bai-lu], 大白鷺, 大白鹭
Zulu: iLanda