Gray Heron Ardea cinerea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (60)
- Subspecies (4)
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 5, 2014
Text last updated July 5, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bloureier |
| Albanian | Ҫafka e përhime |
| Arabic | بلشون رمادي |
| Armenian | Մոխրագույն տառեղ |
| Asturian | Garcia real |
| Azerbaijani | Boz vağ |
| Basque | Koartza hauskara |
| Bulgarian | Сива чапла |
| Catalan | bernat pescaire |
| Chinese | 蒼鷺 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 蒼鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 苍鹭 |
| Croatian | siva čaplja |
| Czech | volavka popelavá |
| Danish | Fiskehejre |
| Dutch | Blauwe Reiger |
| English | Gray Heron |
| English (United States) | Gray Heron |
| Faroese | Gráhegri |
| Finnish | harmaahaikara |
| French | Héron cendré |
| French (France) | Héron cendré |
| Galician | Garza real |
| German | Graureiher |
| Greek | Σταχτοτσικνιάς |
| Gujarati | કબૂત બગલો |
| Hebrew | אנפה אפורה |
| Hindi | अंजन |
| Hungarian | Szürke gém |
| Icelandic | Gráhegri |
| Indonesian | Cangak abu |
| Italian | Airone cenerino |
| Japanese | アオサギ |
| Korean | 왜가리 |
| Latvian | Zivju gārnis |
| Lithuanian | Pilkasis garnys |
| Malayalam | ചാരമുണ്ടി |
| Marathi | राखी बगळा |
| Mongolian | Хөх дэглий |
| Norwegian | gråhegre |
| Odia | ଅଞ୍ଜନା |
| Persian | حواصیل خاکستری |
| Polish | czapla siwa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-real |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-moura-europeia |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-real |
| Punjabi (India) | ਨੜੀ |
| Romanian | Stârc cenușiu |
| Russian | Серая цапля |
| Serbian | Siva čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka popolavá |
| Slovenian | Siva čaplja |
| Spanish | Garza Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garza real |
| Swedish | gråhäger |
| Telugu | నారాయణ పక్షి |
| Thai | นกกระสานวล |
| Turkish | Gri Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чапля сіра |
| Zulu | unokilonkojwayelekile |
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Ardea cinerea
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.143.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1920, Vdgel Pal. Fauna, p. 1229.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDEA
- cinerea
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Gray Heron
