Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei] (Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei])

Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei]

Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei] (= Ardea purpurea purpurea) Linnaeus, C 1766

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ardeidae
Genus:
   Ardea
Scientific:
  Ardea purpurea 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:
9A44B56661EA900E

Avibase ID:
avibase-9A44B566

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9A44B566

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174791

Geographic range:

Ardea purpurea purpurea: southwestern Palearctic eastward to Iran, and sub-Saharan Africa
Ardea bournei: Cape Verde Islands (Santiago)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei]
French:
Héron pourpré [purpurea ou bournei]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Purple Heron [purpurea or bournei] ( Ardea purpurea [purpurea or bournei])
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Ardea purpurea purpurea [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ardea purpurea purpurea [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ardea [purpurea or bournei]

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