© Brian Sullivan
Great Egret Ardea alba
Donald A. McCrimmon Jr., John C. Ogden, and G. Thomas Bancroft
Version: 2.0 — Published April 21, 2011
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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 |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Great Egret in North and Middle America.
Distribution of the Great Egret in North and Middle America and western West Indies. This species also breeds in South America and in Europe, Asia, and the Australasian region. See text for details.
