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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other related concepts

• Ardea [cinerea or purpurea] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Rooireier
Arabic: البلشون الأرجواني, البلشون البنفسجي, بلشون ارجواني, مالك الحزين الأرجواني
Asturian: Garcia bermeya, Garcia Roxa
Azerbaijani: Kürən vağ
Belarusian: Чырвоная чапля
Bulgarian: Червена чапла
Bengali: লালচে বক
Breton: Ar gerc'heiz ruz, Kerc'heiz rous
Catalan: Agró roig
Catalan (Balears): Agró roig
Cebuano: dugwak
Czech: Volavka cervená, Volavka červená, volavka èervená
Welsh: Crëyr porffor, Crёyr Porffor
Danish: Purpurhejre
German: Purpurreiher
Maldivian: Dhanbu Maakanaa
Greek: Πoρφυρoτσικvιάς, Πορφυροτσικνιάς
Greek (Cypriot): Πορφυρός Ψαροφάς
English: Purple Heron, Purple or Cape Verde Heron
English, HBW: Purple Heron
English (IOC): Purple Heron
English (Kenya): Purple Heron
English (United States): Purple Heron
Esperanto: Purpura ardeo
Spanish: Garza Imperial
Spanish (Spain): Garza Imperial
Spanish (HBW): Garza imperial
Estonian: Purpurhaigur
Basque: Agró roig, Koartza gorria, Lertxun gorri, Lertxun gorria
Persian: حواصیل (وِکای) ارغوانی, حواصیل ارغوانی
Finnish: Ruskohaikara
Faroese: Korkahegri
French: Héron pourpre, Héron pourpré, Héron pourpré ou H. de Bourne, Héron pourpure
Frisian: Reade reager
Irish: Corr chocra, Corr Chorcra
Galician: Agró roig, Garza imperial, Garza rubia, Garza vermella
Manx: Coar ghorrym-jiarg
Hebrew: אנפה ארגמנית
Hindi: Peria vellai kokku
Croatian: Caplja Danguba, Čaplja Danguba
Hungarian: Vörös gém
Armenian: [Shikakarmir Taregh ], Շիկակարմիր Տառեղ
Indonesian: Burung Cangak Merah, Cangak Merah, Cangkak merah
Icelandic: Rauðhegri
Italian: Airone rosso
Japanese (romaji): murasakisagi, Murasaki-sagi
Japanese: ムラサキサギ
Japanese (Kanji): 紫鷺
Georgian: წითური ყანჩა
Kazakh: Қошқыл құтан
Kazakh (Transliteration): qoşqıl qutan
Korean: 붉은왜가리
Korean (Transliteration): bulgeun-waegari
Kwangali: Samunkoma Gomugeha
Scientific: Ardea [purpurea or bournei], Ardea purpurea, Ardea purpurea purpurea
Luxembourgish: Purpurreeër
Lithuanian: Purpurinis garnys
Latvian: rudais gārnis
Malagasy: Kehambe, Langorofalafa, Langorovoanga, Vagna, Vanga, vano, Vanomena
Macedonian: Драјка, Црвена чапја
Malayalam: ചായമുണ്ടി, ചായമുണ്ടി 
Mongolian: Зээрд дэглий
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠵᠡᠬᠡᠷᠳᠡ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠦᠷᠡᠩ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хүрэн дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): khüreŋ deglii, zeerd deglii
Marathi: जांभळा बगळा
Malay: Bangau Paya, Burung Bangau Paya, Burung Cangak Hulu, Burung Pucung Serandau, Burung Serandau, Burung Seriap, Pucung Serandau
Maltese: Russett Ahmar, Russett Aħmar
Nepali: ध्यानी बकुल्ला
Dutch: Purperreiger, Purpurreiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Purpurhegre
Norwegian: Purpurhegre
Polish: czapla purpurowa
Pinyin: cǎo-lù, cháng-bó lǎo-děng, huā wāzi, huā yáo-mǎ, zǐ-lù
Portuguese: garça imperial, Garça-imperial, garça-roxa, Garça-roxa / Garça-vermelha, Garça-vermelha, Vermelha, vermelha.
Portuguese (Brazil): Garça-roxa
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-vermelha
Romansh: Irun cotschen
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun cotschen
Romanian: Stârc roşu, Stârc roșu
Russian: Ryzhaya Tsaplya, Рыжая цапля, Цапля рыжая
Northern Sami: Purporháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Karawal Koka
Slovak: Volavka purpurová
Slovenian: rjava caplja, rjava čaplja, rjavacaplja
Albanian: Çapka rrudhi, Çapke rrudhi
Serbian: crvena caplja, crvena čaplja, Црвена цаплја
Sotho, Southern: Kokolofitoe
Swedish: Purpurhäger
Swahili: Pondagundi
Tamil: Sen Narai
Thai: นกกระสาแดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-săa daeeŋ
Tswana: Kôkôlôhutwê
Turkish: Erguvani Balıkçıl, erguvani balykçyl, Қошқыл құтан
Tsonga: Rikolwa
Ukrainian: Руда чапля, Чапля руда
Vietnamese: Chim Diệc lửa, Diệc lửa
Xhosa: Ucofuza
Chinese: 紫鷺, 花洼子, 花窑马, 草 鹭, 草鷺, 草鹭, 长脖老等
Chinese (Traditional): 紫鷺, 紫鷺〔草鷺〕, 花窪子, 花窯馬, 草鷺, 長脖老等
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 紫鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 紫鹭