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Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea
Linnaeus, C, 1766
Garza Imperial
Garça-roxa
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Number of Photography: 23

Foto
Photography ID: 625962
 Entebee
Central Region
Uganda
01/17/2025
Julian Uriel Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 552111
  Juvenile
Villacañas
Toledo
Spain
09/21/2023
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 405663
  Adult
Camarga
Provenza-Alpes-Costa Azul
France
06/29/2014
Santos Di Mauro
Foto
Photography ID: 405660
  Adult
Camarga
Provenza-Alpes-Costa Azul
France
06/29/2014
Claudia Mora
Foto
Photography ID: 369444
  Adult
Fernando de Noronha
Pernambuco
Brazil
12/18/2019
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 369443
  Adult
Fernando de Noronha
Pernambuco
Brazil
12/18/2019
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 369442
  Adult
Fernando de Noronha
Pernambuco
Brazil
12/18/2019
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 362184
  Adult
Pantano de Mabamba
Central Region
Uganda
07/22/2019
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 332290
  Adult
Isla Elefantina
Asuán
Egypt
03/21/2019
Edith Polverini
Foto
Photography ID: 325107
  Adult
Pantano de Mabamba
Central Region
Uganda
06/11/2018
Eugenia Boggiano



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Number of Films: 2




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Number of Records: 42



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242320908/01/2026UgandaWestern RegionKazinga Channel, Parque Nacional Reina Elizabeth1Hugo Caverzasi
242302004/01/2026UgandaNorthern RegionRio Nilo Victoria2Hugo Caverzasi
242296502/01/2026UgandaCentral RegionPantano de Mabamba, Entebee3Hugo Caverzasi
225952617/01/2025UgandaCentral RegionPantano de Mabamba, Entebee2Silvina Collado
225829617/01/2025UgandaCentral RegionPantano de Mabamba, Entebee2Julian Uriel Collado
189657721/09/2023SpainToledoZona rural de villacañas, VillacañasCarlos Schmidt
176210102/08/2022SpainValenciaMarjal de los Moros, SaguntoGerardo Lloret
176209315/07/2022SpainValenciaTancat de la PipaGerardo Lloret
176151719/06/2021SpainTarragonaParque Natural Delta del EbroGerardo Lloret
236343505/07/2020SpainValenciaGola de la Llosa, Almenara1Gerardo Lloret
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.