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Bulgarian
Кракал (бяла чапла)
Etymology
Probably of onomatopoeic origin, related to кра́кам(krákam, “to croak, to clatter”), крако́тя(krakótja, “to cackle”) + -ал(-al).
кра́я(krája), кре́я(kréja, “type of seabird: gannet, cormorant”)(dialectal)
References
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кракал”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712
