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  • Purple Heron, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Uday Agashe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Purple Heron, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Imran Shah, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • Purple Heron, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) 尹若宇, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • Purple Heron, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Ismael Khalifa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Purple Heron, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) markus lilje, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

  • Purple Heron, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Ismael Khalifa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

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29,118 observations
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Birds
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About

The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) 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.

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