Great Egret Ardea alba Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (78)
- Subspecies (4)
Donald A. McCrimmon Jr., John C. Ogden, G. Thomas Bancroft, Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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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
PROTONYM:
Ardea alba
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.144.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDEA
- alba
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Great Egret
