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purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
Subject: purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
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FMIB 46873 Heron pourpre.jpeg
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purple heron (Ardea purpurea)


Author Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806–1876) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_Dessalines_d%27Orbigny
Description
Français : Heron pourpre
English: Ardea purpurea
Subject: Herons, Ardea
Tag: Water Birds
Date 1849
Source/Photographer
Français : D'Orbigny, M. Charles (1849) Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Atlas., Paris: MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_46873_Heron_pourpre.jpeg

The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. The scientific name comes from Latin ardea "heron", and purpureus, "coloured purple". It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.

Ardea purpurea
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