purple heron (Ardea purpurea) Description
Ово је фотографија заштићеног природног добра у Србији под шифром: РП09
This is a a photo of a natural area in Serbia with ID: РП09
Carska bara
Date 3 April 2016, 14:59:17
Author Leontije mirotvorac
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carska_bara02.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. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: Ardea purpurea (Linnaeus, 1766)
