Description
Phoyx manillensis = Ardea purpurea manilensis, Purple Heron ssp.
Date 1898
Source Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 26
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PhoyxManillensisKeulemans.jpg

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.