Purple heron, the Glossary
The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species.[1]
Table of Contents
65 relations: Africa, Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, Amphibian, Amur, Barcelona, Bee, Beetle, Biological dispersal, Bird, Bird colony, Bird migration, Bittern, Bourne's heron, Canebrake, Cape Verde, Carl Linnaeus, Crane (bird), Crustacean, Dragonfly, Eduard Daniël van Oort, Egg incubation, Europe, Fish, Fledge, Fly, Goliath heron, Grasshopper, Grey heron, Heron, Heronry, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Insect, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Iris (anatomy), Kazakhstan, Lake Balkhash, Larva, Latin, Least-concern species, Lizard, Lynx Nature Books, Madagascar, Mammal, Netherlands, Palearctic realm, Philippines, Phragmites, Plumage, Predation, ... Expand index (15 more) »
- Ardea (genus)
- Herons
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, or African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) is an independent international treaty developed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on Migratory Species.
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Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
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Amur
The Amur River (река Амур) or Heilong River is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, and has a drainage basin of., Great Soviet Encyclopedia If including its main stem tributary, the Argun, the Amur is long, making it the world's tenth longest river.
Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
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Bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.
Biological dispersal
Biological dispersal refers to both the movement of individuals (animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc.) from their birth site to their breeding site ('natal dispersal'), as well as the movement from one breeding site to another ('breeding dispersal').
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Bird colony
A bird colony is a large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.
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Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
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Bittern
Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae.
Bourne's heron
Bourne's heron (Ardea purpurea bournei), also known as the Cape Verde heron, Cape Verde purple heron or Santiago heron, or locally in Portuguese as the garça vermelha, is an endangered subspecies of the purple heron that is endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. Purple heron and Bourne's heron are Ardea (genus).
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Canebrake
A canebrake or canebreak is a thicket of any of a variety of Arundinaria grasses: A. gigantea, A. tecta and A. appalachiana.
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
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Crane (bird)
Cranes are a type of large bird with long legs and necks in the biological family Gruidae of the order Gruiformes.
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Crustacean
Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.
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Dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata.
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Eduard Daniël van Oort
Eduard Daniël van Oort (31 October 1876 in Barneveld, Gelderland – 21 September 1933 in Leiden) was a Dutch ornithologist.
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Egg incubation
Egg incubation is the process by which an egg, of oviparous (egg-laying) animals, develops an embryo within the egg, after the egg's formation and ovipositional release.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Fledge
Fledging is the stage in a flying animal's life between hatching or birth and becoming capable of flight.
Fly
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing".
Goliath heron
The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. Purple heron and goliath heron are Ardea (genus) and herons.
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Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera.
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Grey heron
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. Purple heron and grey heron are Ardea (genus), birds of Africa, birds of Eurasia, birds of Nepal and herons.
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Heron
Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 72 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Purple heron and heron are herons.
Heronry
A heronry, sometimes called a heron rookery, is a breeding ground for herons. Purple heron and heronry are herons.
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Iris (anatomy)
The iris (irides or irises) is a thin, annular structure in the eye in most mammals and birds, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil, and thus the amount of light reaching the retina.
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.
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Lake Balkhash
Lake Balkhash (Балқаш көлі, Balqaş kölı,; ozero Balkhash) is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Least-concern species
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.
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Lizard
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
Lynx Nature Books
Lynx Nature Books is a Spanish publishing company specializing in ornithology and natural history.
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Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth.
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Phragmites
Phragmites is a genus of four species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.
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Plumage
Plumage is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.
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Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai (lit), informally known as Primorye (Приморье), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East.
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Reddish egret
The reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) is a medium-sized heron that is a resident breeder in Central America, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States (primarily Texas), and Mexico.
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Reed bed
A reedbed or reed bed is a natural habitat found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions and estuaries.
René de Naurois
Abbé René de Naurois (24 November 1906 – 12 January 2006) was a French Catholic priest, chaplain, and ornithologist.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Snail
A snail is a shelled gastropod.
Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
Southern African Bird Atlas Project
The Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP) was conducted between 1987 and 1991.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk.
Spoonbill
Spoonbills are a genus, Platalea, of large, long-legged wading birds.
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Stork
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills.
Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.
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Ussuri
The Ussuri or Wusuli (Уссури) is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China.
Vagrancy (biology)
Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal (usually a bird) appears well outside its normal range; they are known as vagrants.
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See also
Ardea (genus)
- Ardea (bird)
- Bennu heron
- Black-headed heron
- Bourne's heron
- Cocoi heron
- Eastern great egret
- Goliath heron
- Great blue heron
- Great egret
- Great-billed heron
- Grey heron
- Humblot's heron
- Medium egret
- Plumed egret
- Purple heron
- White-bellied heron
- White-necked heron
- Yellow-billed egret
Herons
- Ardea (bird)
- Bennu heron
- Black heron
- Black-crowned night heron
- Black-headed heron
- Butorides
- Capped heron
- Chinese pond heron
- Cocoi heron
- Eastern great egret
- Egret
- Goliath heron
- Great blue heron
- Great egret
- Green heron
- Green-backed heron
- Grey heron
- Heron
- Heronry
- Humblot's heron
- Indian pond heron
- Javan pond heron
- List of herons
- Little blue heron
- Malagasy pond heron
- Matuku otagoense
- Nyctanassa
- Pied heron
- Pond heron
- Proardea
- Purple heron
- Squacco heron
- Striated heron
- Whistling heron
- White-necked heron
- Zeltornis
- Zigzag heron
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_heron
Also known as Ardea purpurea, Heron, Purple.
, Primorsky Krai, Reddish egret, Reed bed, René de Naurois, Russia, Snail, Snake, Southern African Bird Atlas Project, Species, Spider, Spoonbill, Stork, Subspecies, Ussuri, Vagrancy (biology).