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Purple Heron (Purple)
Ardea purpurea [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis] (= Ardea purpurea) Linnaeus, C 1766
The purple heron is a wide-ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. The scientific name comes from Latin ardea "heron", and purpureus, "coloured purple". It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements. Source: Wikipedia
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Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Ardea
Scientific:
Ardea purpurea
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Ardea
Scientific:
Ardea purpurea
Original description
Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1766
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Ardea purpurea
Type locality:
'in Oriente'; restricted to France by Stresemann, 1920, Avifauna Macedonica, p. 226.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/240/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
8D6CB009B4D20368
Avibase ID:
avibase-8D6CB009
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8D6CB009
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824407
English:
Purple Heron [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis]
Afrikaans:
Rooireier (Rooi)
Arabic:
بلشون ارجواني ارجواني (مجموعة)
Azerbaijani:
Kürən vağ [purpurea qrupu]
Bulgarian:
Червена чапла (Група purpurea)
Catalan:
Agró roig [grup purpurea]
Czech:
volavka červená [skupina purpurea]
Danish:
Purpurhejre, Almindelig [purpurea Gruppe]
German:
Purpurreiher [purpurea-Gruppe]
Greek:
Πορφυροτσικνιάς [purpurea]
Spanish:
Garza Imperial (imperial)
Spanish (Spain):
Garza imperial (imperial)
Basque:
Koartza gorria [purpurea taldekoa]
Persian:
حواصیل ارغوانی [purpurea Group]
Finnish:
ruskohaikara [alalaji purpurea]
French:
Héron pourpré [purpurea, manilensis ou madagascariensis]
Hebrew:
אנפה ארגמנית (אירואסייתית)
Croatian:
čaplja danguba [purpurea grupa]
Hungarian:
Vörös gém [purpurea csoport]
Indonesian:
Cangak merah (grup purpurea)
Icelandic:
Rauðhegri [purpurea hópur]
Italian:
Airone rosso [gruppo purpurea]
Japanese (romaji):
murasakisagi (purpurea guru-pu)
Japanese:
ムラサキサギ（purpurea グループ）
Korean:
붉은왜가리 (purpurea group)
Lithuanian:
Purpurinis garnys [purpurea grupė]
Nepali:
ध्यानी बकुल्ला (Purple)
Dutch:
Purperreiger (purpurea groep)
Norwegian:
purpurhegre (purpurea gr.)
Polish:
czapla purpurowa [gr. purpurea]
Portuguese (Brazil):
garça-roxa [grupo purpurea]
Portuguese (Portugal):
Garça-vermelha [grupo purpurea]
Romanian:
Stârc roșu (grupul purpurea)
Russian:
Рыжая цапля [группа purpurea]
Slovak:
volavka purpurová (skup.)
Slovenian:
Rjava čaplja [purpurea]
Serbian:
Crvena čaplja [purpurea grupa]
Swedish:
purpurhäger [gruppen purpurea]
Thai:
นกกระสาแดง (ธรรมดา)
Turkish:
Erguvani Balıkçıl [purpurea Grubu]
Ukrainian:
Чапля руда [група purpurea]
Chinese:
草鹭（广布）
Chinese (Traditional):
紫鷺(purpurea群)
Purple Heron [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis]
Afrikaans:
Rooireier (Rooi)
Arabic:
بلشون ارجواني ارجواني (مجموعة)
Azerbaijani:
Kürən vağ [purpurea qrupu]
Bulgarian:
Червена чапла (Група purpurea)
Catalan:
Agró roig [grup purpurea]
Czech:
volavka červená [skupina purpurea]
Danish:
Purpurhejre, Almindelig [purpurea Gruppe]
German:
Purpurreiher [purpurea-Gruppe]
Greek:
Πορφυροτσικνιάς [purpurea]
Spanish:
Garza Imperial (imperial)
Spanish (Spain):
Garza imperial (imperial)
Basque:
Koartza gorria [purpurea taldekoa]
Persian:
حواصیل ارغوانی [purpurea Group]
Finnish:
ruskohaikara [alalaji purpurea]
French:
Héron pourpré [purpurea, manilensis ou madagascariensis]
Hebrew:
אנפה ארגמנית (אירואסייתית)
Croatian:
čaplja danguba [purpurea grupa]
Hungarian:
Vörös gém [purpurea csoport]
Indonesian:
Cangak merah (grup purpurea)
Icelandic:
Rauðhegri [purpurea hópur]
Italian:
Airone rosso [gruppo purpurea]
Japanese (romaji):
murasakisagi (purpurea guru-pu)
Japanese:
ムラサキサギ（purpurea グループ）
Korean:
붉은왜가리 (purpurea group)
Lithuanian:
Purpurinis garnys [purpurea grupė]
Nepali:
ध्यानी बकुल्ला (Purple)
Dutch:
Purperreiger (purpurea groep)
Norwegian:
purpurhegre (purpurea gr.)
Polish:
czapla purpurowa [gr. purpurea]
Portuguese (Brazil):
garça-roxa [grupo purpurea]
Portuguese (Portugal):
Garça-vermelha [grupo purpurea]
Romanian:
Stârc roșu (grupul purpurea)
Russian:
Рыжая цапля [группа purpurea]
Slovak:
volavka purpurová (skup.)
Slovenian:
Rjava čaplja [purpurea]
Serbian:
Crvena čaplja [purpurea grupa]
Swedish:
purpurhäger [gruppen purpurea]
Thai:
นกกระสาแดง (ธรรมดา)
Turkish:
Erguvani Balıkçıl [purpurea Grubu]
Ukrainian:
Чапля руда [група purpurea]
Chinese:
草鹭（广布）
Chinese (Traditional):
紫鷺(purpurea群)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purple Heron [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Purple Heron [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Héron pourpré ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Purple Heron (Purple) ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group]) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Ardea purpurea
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Abkhazian: аӠыцәацәхаҧшь
Afrikaans: Rooireier, Rooireier (Rooi)
Arabic: البلشون الأرجواني, البلشون الأرجواني, البلشون البنفسجي, بلشون ارجواني ارجواني (مجموعة), مالك الحزين الأرجواني
[ARYX]: Siad el mraj
Asturian: Garcia bermeya [triba purpurea], Garcia Roxa
Azerbaijani: Kürən vağ, Kürən vağ [purpurea qrupu]
Belarusian: Чапля чырвоная, Чырвоная чапля
Bulgarian: Червена чапла, Червена чапла (Група purpurea)
Bengali: রারমচ ফক , লালচে বক
Bengali (transliteration): lālacē baka
Breton: Ar gerc'heiz ruz
Catalan: Agró roig, Agró roig [grup purpurea]
Catalan (Balears): Agró roig
Cebuano: dugwak
Montenegrin: crvena čaplja, црвена чапља
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): црвена чапља
Czech: Volavka cervená, Volavka červená, volavka červená [skupina purpurea], volavka červená evropská
Chuvash: хĕрлĕ чарлан
Welsh: Crëyr porffor, Crёyr Porffor
Danish: Purpurhejre, Purpurhejre, Almindelig [purpurea Gruppe]
German: Bergrether, Purpurreiher, Purpurreiher [purpurea Gruppe], Purpurreiher [purpurea-Gruppe], Purpurreiher-purpurea, Purpurrether
Divehi: Dhanbu Maakanaa
Greek: Πορφυρός Ψαροφάς, Πορφυροτσικνιάς, Πορφυροτσικνιάς [purpurea ομάδα], Πορφυροτσικνιάς [purpurea]
Greek (Cypriot): Πορφυρός Ψαροφάς
English: Cape Verde Heron, North-western Purple Heron, Purple Heron, Purple Heron (Purple), Purple Heron [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis]
[ENAV]: Purple Heron (Purple)
English (United Kingdom): Purple Heron
English, HBW: Purple Heron (Purple)
[ENHK]: Purple Heron [purpurea Group]
English (IOC): Purple Heron (Purple)
English (Kenya): Purple Heron
English (United States): Purple Heron (Purple)
Esperanto: Purpura ardeo
Spanish: Garza Imperial, Garza Imperial (imperial)
Spanish (Spain): Garza, Garza Imperial, Garza imperial (imperial), Garza Imperial [purpurea Group], Garza moruna
Spanish (HBW): Purple Heron (Purple)
Estonian: Purpurhaigur
Basque: Agró roig, Koartza gorria [purpurea taldekoa], Lertxun gorria
Persian: حواصیل ارغوانی, حواصیل ارغوانی [purpurea Group]
Finnish: Ruskohaikara, ruskohaikara [alalaji purpurea]
Faroese: Korkahegri
French: Héron pourpré, Héron pourpré (nominal), Héron pourpré [purpurea, manilensis ou madagascariensis], Héron pourpré [purpurea]
[FRFR]: Héron pourpré
French (Guyane): Héron pourpré (groupe purpurea)
Friulian: airon ros
Irish: Corr Chorcra
Galician: Agró roig, Garza rubia [grupo purpurea], Garza vermella
Hebrew: אנפה ארגמנית, אנפה ארגמנית (אירואסייתית)
Hindi: Peria vellai kokku
Croatian: Caplja Danguba, Čaplja Danguba, čaplja danguba [purpurea grupa]
Hungarian: Vörös gém, Vörös gém [purpurea csoport]
Armenian: [Shikakarmir Taregh ], Շիկակարմիր Տառեղ, Շիկակարմիր տառեղ (Սովորական)
Indonesian: Burung Cangak Merah, Cangak Merah, Cangak merah (grup purpurea), Cangkak merah
Icelandic: Rauðhegri, Rauðhegri [purpurea hópur]
Italian: Airone rosso, Airone rosso [gruppo purpurea], Atrone rosso
Japanese (romaji): murasakisagi, Murasaki-sagi, murasakisagi (purpurea guru-pu)
Japanese: ムラサキサギ, ムラサキサギ (purpurea グループ), ムラサキサギ（purpurea グループ）
Japanese (Kanji): 紫鷺
Georgian: წითური ყანჩა
Kara-Kalpak: жыланшы қутан
Kabardian: псыхэуэ гъуатӀафэ, псыхэуэцыплъ
Mongolian, Halh: хөх дэглий
Kazakh: жирен құтан, Қошқыл құтан, Қошқыл құтан (Кәдімгі), қызғылт сары тырна
Kazakh (Transliteration): qoşqıl qutan
Korean: 붉은왜가리, 붉은왜가리 (purpurea group)
Korean (Transliteration): bulgeun-waegari
Kwangali: Samunkoma Gomugeha
Kirghiz: сары кытан, Сары кытан (пурпурдуу)
Scientific: Ardea capensis, Ardea purpurea, Ardea purpurea [purpurea Group], Ardea purpurea [purpurea, manilensis or madagascariensis], Ardea purpurea purpurea
Luxembourgish: Purpurreeër
Lithuanian: Purpurinis garnys, Purpurinis garnys [purpurea grupė]
Latvian: rudais gārnis
Malagasy: Kehambe, Langorofalafa, Langorovoanga, Vagna, Vanga, vano, Vanomena
Macedonian: Драјка, Црвена чапја
Malayalam: ചായമുണ്ടി
Mongolian: Зээрд дэглий, хөх дэглий
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠵᠡᠬᠡᠷᠳᠡ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠦᠷᠡᠩ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хүрэн дэглий
Mongolian (Transliteration): khüreŋ deglii, zeerd deglii
Moldavian: Stârc roșu
Mamasa: korong ula
Malay: Bangau Paya, Burung Bangau Paya, Burung Cangak Hulu, Burung Pucung Serandau, Burung Serandau, Burung Seriap, Pucung Serandau
Maltese: Russet culur-canella, Russett Aħmar
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): хөх дэглий
Nepali: ध्यानी बकुल्ला, ध्यानी बकुल्ला (Purple)
Dutch: purper Reiger, Purperreiger, Purperreiger (purpurea groep), Purpurreiger, roode Reiger
Norwegian: Purpurhegre, purpurhegre (purpurea gr.)
Polish: czapla purpurowa, czapla purpurowa (gr. purpurea), czapla purpurowa [gr. purpurea]
Pinyin: cǎo-lù, cháng-bó lǎo-děng, huā wāzi, huā yáo-mǎ, zǐ-lù
Portuguese: garça imperial, Garça-imperial, garça-roxa, Garça-vermelha, Vermelha, vermelha.
[PTAO]: Garça-vermelha [grupo purpurea]
Portuguese (Brazil): garça-roxa, garça-roxa [grupo purpurea]
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça, Garça-vermelha, Garça-vermelha [grupo purpurea]
Rhaeto-Romance: irun cotschen
Romanian: Stârc roşu, Stârc roșu (grupul purpurea)
Romance (Other): irun cotschen
Russian: Рыжая цапля, Рыжая цапля [группа purpurea], Цапля рыжая
Northern Sami: Purporháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Karawal Koka
Slovak: Volavka purpurová, volavka purpurová (skup.)
Slovenian: rjava caplja, rjava čaplja, Rjava čaplja [purpurea], rjavacaplja
Albanian: Çapka rrudhi, Ҫafka e kuqerreme [grup purpurea]
Serbian: crvena caplja, crvena čaplja, Crvena čaplja [purpurea grupa], Црвена цаплја
Sotho, Southern: Kokolofitoe
Swedish: Purpurhäger, purpurhäger [gruppen purpurea], purpurhäger [purpurea Group]
Swahili: Pondagundi
Tamil: Sen Narai
Thai: นกกระสาแดง , นกกระสาแดง (ธรรมดา)
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-săa daeeŋ
Turkmen: çypar hokgar
Tswana: Kôkôlôhutwê
Turkish: Erguvani Balıkçıl, Erguvani Balıkçıl [purpurea Grubu], erguvani balykçyl, Қошқыл құтан
Tsonga: Rikolwa
Tatar: җирән челән
Ukrainian: Руда чапля, Чапля руда , Чапля руда [група purpurea]
Uzbek: жийрон қарқара, жийрон қўтон, катта қўтон, қизил қўтон
Vietnamese: Chim Diệc lửa, Diệc lửa
Kalmyk: зеерд деглә
Xhosa: Ucofuza
Chinese: 花洼子, 花窑马, 草 鹭, 草鷺, 草鹭, 草鹭（广布）, 长脖老等
[ZHHK]: 草鷺 [purpurea Group]
Chinese (Traditional): 紫鷺(purpurea群), 花窪子, 花窯馬, 草鷺, 長脖老等
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 紫鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): 紫鹭
Zulu: unokhoboyi [Iqembu purpurea]
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