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Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea
Linnaeus, C, 1766
Garza Imperial
Garça-roxa
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 625962
 Entebee
Central Region
Uganda
01/17/2025
Julian Uriel Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 362184
  Adult
Pantano de Mabamba
Central Region
Uganda
07/22/2019
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 325107
  Adult
Pantano de Mabamba
Central Region
Uganda
06/11/2018
Eugenia Boggiano



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242320908/01/2026UgandaWestern RegionKazinga Channel, Parque Nacional Reina Elizabeth1Hugo Caverzasi
242302004/01/2026UgandaNorthern RegionRio Nilo Victoria2Hugo Caverzasi
242296502/01/2026UgandaCentral RegionPantano de Mabamba, Entebee3Hugo Caverzasi
225952617/01/2025UgandaCentral RegionPantano de Mabamba, Entebee2Silvina Collado
225829617/01/2025UgandaCentral RegionPantano de Mabamba, Entebee2Julian Uriel Collado
115321022/07/2019UgandaCentral RegionRuta entre Entebee/mabambaVictor Hugo Michelini
110195022/07/2019UgandaCentral RegionPantano de Mabamba1Diego Oscar
95949622/07/2019UgandaCentral RegionRuta entre Entebee/mabamba1Diego Oscar
90381111/06/2018UgandaCentral RegionPantano de MabambaEugenia Boggiano
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/03/2026.