Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootwitreier |
| Albanian | Ҫafka e madhe e bardhë |
| Arabic | بلشون ابيض كبير |
| Armenian | Սպիտակ մեծ տառեղ |
| Asturian | Garcia blanca |
| Azerbaijani | İri ağ vağ |
| Basque | Koartza zuria |
| Bulgarian | Голяма бяла чапла |
| Catalan | agró blanc |
| Chinese | 大白鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大白鹭 |
| Croatian | velika bijela čaplja |
| Czech | volavka bílá |
| Danish | Sølvhejre |
| Dutch | Grote Zilverreiger |
| English | Great Egret |
| English (Kenya) | Great White Egret |
| English (New Zealand) | White Heron |
| English (UK) | Great White Egret |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Great Egret |
| English (United States) | Great Egret |
| Faroese | Silvurhegri |
| Finnish | jalohaikara |
| French | Grande Aigrette |
| French (France) | Grande Aigrette |
| Galician | Garza branca |
| German | Silberreiher |
| Greek | Αργυροτσικνιάς |
| Gujarati | મોટો ધોળો બગલો |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo krabye blanch |
| Hebrew | לבנית גדולה |
| Hindi | बड़ा बगुला |
| Hungarian | Nagy kócsag |
| Icelandic | Mjallhegri |
| Indonesian | Cangak besar |
| Italian | Airone bianco maggiore |
| Japanese | ダイサギ |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬೆಳ್ಳಕ್ಕಿ |
| Korean | 중대백로 |
| Latvian | Baltais gārnis |
| Lithuanian | Didysis baltasis garnys |
| Malayalam | പെരുമുണ്ടി |
| Marathi | मोठा बगळा |
| Mongolian | Цасч дэглий |
| Norwegian | egretthegre |
| Odia | ବଡ଼ଝଳିଆ ବଗ |
| Persian | اگرت بزرگ |
| Polish | czapla biała |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-branca-grande |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-branca-grande |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-branca-grande |
| Punjabi (India) | ਵੱਡਾ ਬਗਲਾ |
| Romanian | Egretă mare |
| Russian | Большая белая цапля |
| Serbian | Velika bela čaplja |
| Slovak | beluša veľká |
| Slovenian | Velika bela čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Grande |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Garza Blanca |
| Spanish (Chile) | Garza grande |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garceta Grande |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Garzón blanco |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Garza Real |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garceta Grande (Blanca) |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Garzón Blanco |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Garza Blanca |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garceta Grande |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Garza blanca |
| Spanish (Peru) | Garza Grande |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Garza Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta grande |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Garza Blanca Grande |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Garza Blanca Real |
| Swedish | ägretthäger |
| Telugu | పెద్ద తెల్ల కొంగ |
| Thai | นกยางโทนใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Büyük Ak Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чепура велика |
Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Definitions
- ARDEA
- alba
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Great Egret Ardea alba Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great Egret Ardea alba
Authors
Donald A. McCrimmon Jr., John C. Ogden, G. Thomas Bancroft, Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McCrimmon Jr., D. A., J. C. Ogden, G. T. Bancroft, A. Martínez-Vilalta, A. Motis, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Great Egret (Ardea alba), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.greegr.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- April 21, 2011
- Great Egret Ardea alba
Authors
Donald A. McCrimmon Jr., John C. Ogden, and G. Thomas Bancroft
Revisors
Donald A. McCrimmon Jr., John C. Ogden, and G. Thomas Bancroft
Recommended Citation
McCrimmon Jr., D. A., J. C. Ogden, and G. T. Bancroft (2011). Great Egret (Ardea alba), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.570
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 2001
- Great Egret Ardea alba
Recommended Citation
McCrimmon, D. A., Jr., J. C. Ogden, adn G. T. Bancroft,. 2001. Great Egret (Ardea alba). In The Birds of North America, No. 570 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.570.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 23, 2018
- Great White Egret Ardea alba
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2018). Great White Egret (Ardea alba). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
