| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Ardea Linnaeus, 1758 |
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original description: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details]
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish |
| Distribution | | Belgium [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tanzania [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (730 publications)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Note | |
Description: Length: 79-89 cm. Plumage: brownish grey above, rufous and black below; crown black; neck rufous with black stripes on sides; underwing with leading edge rufous, grey coverts and slaty black flight feathers. Immature paler and browner than adult, crown rufous, stripes on neck obscure or absent. Bare parts: iris yellow; lores greenish yellow; bill buffy yellow with brown on culmen and tip; feet and legs brown with yellow on back of tarsus and soles of feet. Habitat: estuaries and inland waters with dense vegetation. <388><393><391> [details]
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| Images | |
Ardea purpurea added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ( ) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Ardea purpurea added on 2010-01-09 - author: Decock, Wim qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212669 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212669 on 2013-05-24 |
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