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

ArdeaLinnaeus, 1758accepted 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.

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212669
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96660

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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