Meanings
noungrey heron (plural grey herons)
plural grey herons
- Ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.
Translations
Afrikaans bloureier
- bloureierthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Bulgarian сива чапла
- сива чапла (siva čapla)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Catalan bernat pescaire
- bernat pescairethe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Chinese Mandarin 蒼鷺 /苍鹭
- 蒼鷺 /苍鹭 (cānglù)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Czech volavka popelavá
- volavka popelaváthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Danish fiskehejre
- fiskehejrethe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Dutch blauwe reiger
- blauwe reigerthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Esperanto griza ardeo
- griza ardeothe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Estonian hallhaigur
- hallhaigurthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Finnish harmaahaikara
- harmaahaikarathe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
French héron cendré
- héron cendréthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
German Graureiher, Fischreiher
- Graureiherthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
- Fischreiherthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Greek σταχτοτσικνιάς
- σταχτοτσικνιάς (stachtotsikniás)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Hungarian szürke gém
- szürke gémthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Icelandic gráhegri
- gráhegrithe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Irish corr réisc
- corr réiscthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Italian airone cenerino, ardea cinerea
- airone cenerinothe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
- ardea cinereathe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Japanese アオサギ
- アオサギ (aosagi)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Korean 왜가리, 푸른해오라기
- 왜가리 (waegari)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
- 푸른해오라기 (pureunhae'oragi)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Latin ardea cinerea
- ardea cinereathe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Latvian zivju gārnis, dzēse
- zivju gārnisthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
- dzēsethe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Lithuanian pilkasis garnys
- pilkasis garnysthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Malay burung seriap
- burung seriapthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Norwegian Bokmål gråhegre
- gråhegrethe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Polish czapla siwa
- czapla siwathe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Portuguese garça-real, garça-cinzenta
- garça-realthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
- garça-cinzentathe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Romanian stârc cenușiu
- stârc cenușiuthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Russian се́рая ца́пля
- се́рая ца́пля (séraja cáplja)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Scottish Gaelic corra-ghritheach
- corra-ghritheachthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Slovak volavka popolavá
- volavka popolaváthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Spanish garza real
- garza realthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Swedish gråhäger
- gråhägerthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Turkish külrengi balıkçıl
- külrengi balıkçılthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Ukrainian сіра чапля
- сіра чапля (sira čaplja)the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Vietnamese diệc xám
- diệc xámthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Welsh crëyr glas, crychydd glas
- crëyr glasthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
- crychydd glasthe Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
Cite this entry
APA
grey heron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grey%20heron
MLA
“grey heron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grey%20heron. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grey heron,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grey%20heron.
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