Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Ardeidae > Genus Ardea

Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ardea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: çafka e kuqerreme; çapka e rrushit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): purpurhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Ръждива чапла sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: Purpurhejre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: purperreiger sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: purple heron sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Purple Heron sources: Charles Hussey

German: Purpurreiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Πορφυροτσικνιάς sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): אנפה ארגמנית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: airone rosso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: purpurinis garnys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: purpurhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: purpurhegre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 236

Norwegian Nynorsk: purpurhegre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 236

Nynorsk (Norwegian): purpurhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: czapla purpurowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: stârc roşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: рыжая цапля sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: rjava čaplja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: garza imperial sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: purpurhäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: erguvani balikcil; erguvani balıkçıl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Чапля руда sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crëyr porffor

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532.
basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (730 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212669

Drs Cees Roselaar. Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96660