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Purple Heron (Bourne's)
Ardea purpurea bournei de Naurois, R 1966
Bourne's heron, also known as the Cape Verde heron, Cape Verde purple heron or Santiago heron, or locally in Portuguese as the garça vermelha, is an endangered subspecies of the purple heron that is endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. It is sometimes considered a full species, Ardea bournei. Source: Wikipedia
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Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Ardea
Scientific:
Ardea purpurea bournei
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Ardea
Scientific:
Ardea purpurea bournei
Original description
Citation:
de Naurois, R 1966
Reference:
Ois. Rev. Franç. Orn.
(n.s.), 36 p.89
Protonym:
Ardea purpurea bournei
Type locality:
S. Domingos, Ilha de São Tiago [=Santiago], Cape Verde Islands.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/316639#page/5/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
E3C46304D69637F4
Avibase ID:
avibase-E3C46304
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E3C46304
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824404
English:
Purple Heron (bournei)
Afrikaans:
Rooireier (Bourne)
Arabic:
بلشون ارجواني (bournei)
Azerbaijani:
Kürən vağ (bournei yarımnövü)
Bulgarian:
Ръждива чапла (ssp. bournei)
Catalan:
Agró roig (bournei)
Czech:
volavka červená (ssp. bournei)
Danish:
Purpurhejre (ssp. bournei)
German:
Purpurreiher (bournei)
Greek:
Πορφυροτσικνιάς (bournei)
Spanish:
Garza Imperial (Cabo Verde)
Spanish (Spain):
Garza imperial (Cabo Verde)
Estonian:
kapverdi purpurhaigur
Basque:
Koartza gorria (bournei)
Persian:
حواصیل ارغوانی (bournei)
Finnish:
ruskohaikara (bournei)
French:
Héron pourpré (bournei)
Hebrew:
אנפה ארגמנית (כף ורדה)
Croatian:
čaplja danguba (bournei)
Indonesian:
Cangak merah (bournei)
Icelandic:
Rauðhegri (bournei)
Japanese (romaji):
murasakisagi (bournei)
Japanese:
ムラサキサギ（bournei）
Lithuanian:
Purpurinis garnys (bournei)
Nepali:
ध्यानी बकुल्ला (Bourne's)
Dutch:
Purperreiger (bournei)
Norwegian:
purpurhegre (bournei)
Polish:
czapla purpurowa (bournei)
Portuguese (Brazil):
garça-roxa (bournei)
Portuguese (Portugal):
garça-vermelha (bournei)
Romanian:
Stârc roșu (bournei)
Russian:
Рыжая цапля (bournei)
Slovak:
volavka kapverdská (skup.)
Slovenian:
Rjava čaplja (bournei)
Serbian:
Crvena čaplja (bournei)
Swedish:
purpurhäger (bournei)
Thai:
นกกระสาแดง (เคปเวิร์ด)
Turkish:
Erguvani Balıkçıl (bournei)
Ukrainian:
Чапля руда (підвид bournei)
Chinese:
草鹭 (bournei)
Chinese (Traditional):
草鹭（广布）
Purple Heron (bournei)
Afrikaans:
Rooireier (Bourne)
Arabic:
بلشون ارجواني (bournei)
Azerbaijani:
Kürən vağ (bournei yarımnövü)
Bulgarian:
Ръждива чапла (ssp. bournei)
Catalan:
Agró roig (bournei)
Czech:
volavka červená (ssp. bournei)
Danish:
Purpurhejre (ssp. bournei)
German:
Purpurreiher (bournei)
Greek:
Πορφυροτσικνιάς (bournei)
Spanish:
Garza Imperial (Cabo Verde)
Spanish (Spain):
Garza imperial (Cabo Verde)
Estonian:
kapverdi purpurhaigur
Basque:
Koartza gorria (bournei)
Persian:
حواصیل ارغوانی (bournei)
Finnish:
ruskohaikara (bournei)
French:
Héron pourpré (bournei)
Hebrew:
אנפה ארגמנית (כף ורדה)
Croatian:
čaplja danguba (bournei)
Indonesian:
Cangak merah (bournei)
Icelandic:
Rauðhegri (bournei)
Japanese (romaji):
murasakisagi (bournei)
Japanese:
ムラサキサギ（bournei）
Lithuanian:
Purpurinis garnys (bournei)
Nepali:
ध्यानी बकुल्ला (Bourne's)
Dutch:
Purperreiger (bournei)
Norwegian:
purpurhegre (bournei)
Polish:
czapla purpurowa (bournei)
Portuguese (Brazil):
garça-roxa (bournei)
Portuguese (Portugal):
garça-vermelha (bournei)
Romanian:
Stârc roșu (bournei)
Russian:
Рыжая цапля (bournei)
Slovak:
volavka kapverdská (skup.)
Slovenian:
Rjava čaplja (bournei)
Serbian:
Crvena čaplja (bournei)
Swedish:
purpurhäger (bournei)
Thai:
นกกระสาแดง (เคปเวิร์ด)
Turkish:
Erguvani Balıkçıl (bournei)
Ukrainian:
Чапля руда (підвид bournei)
Chinese:
草鹭 (bournei)
Chinese (Traditional):
草鹭（广布）
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purple Heron (bournei) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Purple Heron (bournei) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cape Verde Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Héron de Bourne ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Purple Heron (Bourne's) ( Ardea purpurea bournei) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Cape Verde Purple Heron ( Ardea bournei) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ardea purpurea bournei [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Ardea purpurea
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Kaapverdiese rooireier, Rooireier (Bourne)
Arabic: بلشون ارجواني (bournei)
Asturian: Garcia bermeya (bournei)
Azerbaijani: Kürən vağ (bournei yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Ръждива чапла (ssp. bournei)
Catalan: Agró roig (bournei), Agró roig de Cap Verd
Czech: Volavka (červená) kapverdská, volavka červená (ssp. bournei)
Welsh: Crëyr Cabo Verde
Danish: Kap Verde-hejre, Kap Verde-purpurhejre, Purpurhejre (ssp. bournei)
German: Kapverdenreiher, Purpurreiher (bournei)
Greek: Πορφυροτσικνιάς (bournei)
English: Cape Verde Heron, Cape Verde Purple Heron, Purple Heron (bournei), Purple Heron (Bourne's), Santiago Purple Heron
English (Avilist): Purple Heron (Bourne's)
English, HBW: Purple Heron (Bourne's)
English (Hong Kong SAR China): Purple Heron (bournei)
English (IOC): Purple Heron (Bourne's)
English (United States): Purple Heron (Bourne's)
Esperanto: Verdkaba ardeo
Spanish: Garza Imperial (Cabo Verde), Garza imperial de Cabo Verde
Spanish (Spain): Garza Imperial (bournei), Garza imperial (Cabo Verde)
Spanish (HBW): Purple Heron (Bourne's)
Estonian: kapverdi purpurhaigur
Basque: Koartza gorria (bournei)
Persian: حواصیل ارغوانی (bournei)
Finnish: Kapverdenruskohaikara, ruskohaikara (bournei)
French: Héron de Bourne, Héron pourpré (bournei), Héron pourpré (de Bourne)
French (Guyane): Héron pourpré (bournei)
Frisian: Kaapverdyske reade reager
Irish: Corr Rinn Verde
Galician: Garza de Cabo Verde, Garza rubia (bournei)
Hebrew: אנפה ארגמנית (כף ורדה)
Croatian: čaplja danguba (bournei), Zelenortska čaplja
Armenian: Շիկակարմիր տառեղ (bournei)
Indonesian: Cangak merah (bournei)
Icelandic: Rauðhegri (bournei)
Italian: Airone di Bourne, Airone di Capo Verde
Japanese (romaji): keapuberudemurasakisagi, murasakisagi (bournei)
Japanese: ケアプベルデムラサキサギ, ムラサキサギ (bournei), ムラサキサギ（bournei）
Kazakh: Қошқыл құтан (bournei)
Kirghiz: Сары кытан (Bourne's)
Scientific: Ardea bournei, Ardea purpurea bournei
Lithuanian: Purpurinis garnys (bournei), Žaliojo kyšulio garnys
Latvian: Kaboverdes gārnis
Nepali: ध्यानी बकुल्ला (Bourne's)
Dutch: Kaapverdische Purperreiger, Purperreiger (bournei)
Norwegian: Kappverdehegre, purpurhegre (bournei)
Polish: czapla purpurowa (bournei), czapla zielonoprzyladkowa, Czapla zielonoprzylądkowa
Portuguese: Garça-vermelha-de-cabo-verde
Portuguese (Angola): Garça-vermelha (bournei)
Portuguese (Brazil): garça-roxa (bournei)
Portuguese (Portugal): garça-vermelha (bournei), Garça-vermelha-de-cabo-verde
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun dal Cap Verd
Romanian: Stârc roșu (bournei)
Russian: Рыжая цапля (bournei)
Slovak: volavka kapverdská, volavka kapverdská (skup.)
Slovenian: Rjava čaplja (bournei), Zelenortska čaplja
Albanian: Ҫafka e kuqerreme (bournei)
Serbian: Crvena čaplja (bournei), Zelenortska čaplja
Swedish: Kapverdehäger, purpurhäger (bournei)
Thai: นกกระสาแดง (เคปเวิร์ด)
Turkish: Erguvani Balıkçıl (bournei)
Ukrainian: Чапля (руда) сантьязька, Чапля руда (підвид bournei)
Chinese: 草鹭 (bournei), 草鹭（广布）
Chinese (Hong Kong): 草鷺 (bournei)
Chinese (Traditional): 草鹭（广布）
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