Purple Heron

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Order  : Ciconiiformes

Family : Ardeidae  ;

• 58 autres fiches de cette famille.
• English version
• American Bittern
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Black-headed Heron
• Boat-billed Heron
• Cattle Egret
• Chinese Egret
• Chinese Pond heron
• Eurasian Bittern
• Goliath Heron
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Green Heron
• Green-backed Heron
• Grey Heron
• Intermediate Egret
• Least Bittern
• Little Blue Heron
• Little Egret
• Pacific or Eastern Reef-Egret
• Reddish Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Squacco Heron
• Tricoloured Heron
• White-faced Heron
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
• French version
• Black Heron
• White-faced Heron
• Little Blue Heron
• Chinese Egret
• Western Reef Heron
• Little Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Reddish Egret
• Pacific or Eastern Reef-Egret
• Tricoloured Heron
• Rufous or Nankeen Night-Heron
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
• Black Bittern
• Little Bittern
• Eurasian Bittern
• American Bittern
• Squacco Heron
• Chinese Pond heron
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Pacific Heron or White-necked Heron
• Grey Heron
• Cattle Egret
• Goliath Heron
• Intermediate Egret
• Black-headed Heron
• Pied Heron
• Purple Heron
• Green-backed Heron
• Green Heron
• Least Bittern
• Boat-billed Heron

Biometrics :

Size : 78 à 90 cm
Wingspan : 120 à 150 cm
Weight : 600 à 1400 g

Longevity : 25 years

IUCN conservation status :

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Geographic range :

Synonyms : Ryzhaya Tsaplya (ru), Purpurhäger (sv), Garza imperial (es), Airone rosso (it), Purpurreiher (al), Purperreiger (nl), Purple Heron (en)