Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooireier |
| 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 (SIM) | 草鹭 |
| Croatian | Čaplja danguba |
| Czech | volavka červená |
| Danish | Purpurhejre |
| Dutch | Purperreiger |
| English (Kenya) | Purple Heron |
| English (United States) | Purple Heron |
| Faroese | Korkahegri |
| Finnish | ruskohaikara |
| French | Héron pourpré |
| Gallegan | 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 |
| Lithuanian | Purpurinis garnys |
| Malayalam | ചായമുണ്ടി |
| Marathi | जांभळा बगळा |
| Mongolian | Зээрд дэглий |
| Norwegian | purpurhegre |
| Persian | حواصیل ارغوانی |
| Polish | czapla purpurowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-roxa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-vermelha |
| 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 |
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766
PROTONYM:
Ardea purpurea
Linnaeus, 1766. Syst. Nat. ed.12, p.236.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in Oriente'; restricted to France by Stresemann, 1920, Avifauna Macedonica, p. 226.
Definitions
- ARDEA
- purpurea
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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
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Scientific name definitions
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 19, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 19, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.purher1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 19, 2016
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.