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Purple Heron

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q160488
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Summary

Purple Heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,620 views/month, #1,471 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ardea[5]
  • Taxon name: Ardea purpurea[6]
  • Commons category: Ardea purpurea[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ardea purpurea[8]
  • Commons gallery: Ardea purpurea[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10]
  • Short name: A. purpurea[11]
  • Taxon common name: Purple Heron[12], Purpurreiher[13], Garza imperial[14], agró roig[15], volavka červená[16], purpurhaigur[17], Purpurhegre[18], Рыжая цапля[19], ムラサキサギ[20], Purpurhejre[21], ruskohaikara[22], vörös gém[23], czapla purpurowa[24], volavka purpurová[25]

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Identifiers

Purple Heron's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 188373[26]. Purple Heron's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45513567[27]. Purple Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480934[28]. Purple Heron's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174791[29].

Why It Matters

Purple Heron has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bm', 'bn', 'br', 'ca',
    Gnd id → 1183842953
    Encyclopedia of life id → 45513567
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia of life id: 45513567"
  2. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Endangered status
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Endangered status, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  3. 23w ago · TadejM · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Purple Heron'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Purpurreiher'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Garza imperial'} +89
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Taxon common name: rjava caplja"
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