Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 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 January 19, 2016
Text last updated January 19, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooireier |
| Albanian | Ҫafka e kuqerreme |
| Arabic | بلشون ارجواني |
| Armenian | Շիկակարմիր տառեղ |
| Asturian | Garcia bermeya |
| Azerbaijani | Kürən vağ |
| Basque | Koartza gorria |
| Bulgarian | Червена чапла |
| Catalan | agró roig |
| Chinese | 紫鷺 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 草鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 草鹭 |
| Croatian | čaplja danguba |
| Czech | volavka červená |
| Danish | Purpurhejre |
| Dutch | Purperreiger |
| English | Purple Heron |
| English (United States) | Purple Heron |
| Faroese | Korkahegri |
| Finnish | ruskohaikara |
| French | Héron pourpré |
| French (France) | Héron pourpré |
| Galician | Garza rubia |
| German | Purpurreiher |
| Greek | Πορφυροτσικνιάς |
| Gujarati | નડી બગલો |
| Hebrew | אנפה ארגמנית |
| Hindi | बैंजनी अंजन |
| Hungarian | Vörös gém |
| Icelandic | Rauðhegri |
| Indonesian | Cangak merah |
| Italian | Airone rosso |
| Japanese | ムラサキサギ |
| Korean | 붉은왜가리 |
| Latvian | Rudais gārnis |
| Lithuanian | Purpurinis garnys |
| Malayalam | ചായമുണ്ടി |
| Marathi | जांभळा बगळा |
| Mongolian | Зээрд дэглий |
| Norwegian | purpurhegre |
| Odia | ଖଈରା ବଗ |
| Persian | حواصیل ارغوانی |
| Polish | czapla purpurowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-vermelha |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-roxa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-vermelha |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕਿਰਮਚੀ ਨੜੀ |
| Romanian | Stârc roșu |
| Russian | Рыжая цапля |
| Serbian | Crvena čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka purpurová |
| Slovenian | Rjava čaplja |
| Spanish | Garza Imperial |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garza imperial |
| Swedish | purpurhäger |
| Telugu | ఎర్ర నారాయణ పక్షి |
| Thai | นกกระสาแดง |
| Turkish | Erguvani Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чапля руда |
| Zulu | unokhoboyi |
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766
PROTONYM:
Ardea purpurea
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.236.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in Oriente'; restricted to France by Stresemann, 1920, Avifauna Macedonica, p. 226.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDEA
- purpurea
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
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Distribution of the Purple Heron
