Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ardeoidea > 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.

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.

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

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

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

Japanese: ムラサキサギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.