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The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species.It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic.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.
Bourne's heron (Ardea purpurea bournei), also known as the Cape Verde heron, Cape Verde purple heron or Santiago heron, [1] or locally in Portuguese as the garça vermelha, is an endangered subspecies of the purple heron that is endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa.
The word heron first appeared in the English language around 1300, originating from Old French hairon, eron (12th century), earlier hairo (11th century), from Frankish haigiro or from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, *hraigrô. [4] Herons are also known as shitepokes / ˈ ʃ aɪ t p oʊ k /, or euphemistically as shikepokes or shypokes.
If you spot a great blue heron, here are some helpful tips for expert bird watching, and a few things you definitely should not do.
There have been observed 215 kinds of birds and about ⅓ of them nest in the region. Over 10% of the birds are endangered. They include Dalmatian pelican and curlew, that are considered to be among the rarest birds in the world. 27 kinds of rare and protected kinds of birds nest in the region, like purple heron.
Sep. 24—Discovery of a great blue heron nest colony in the path of a proposed development west of Rochester came as a surprise to the developers, township leaders and wildlife officials.
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. Black stork, Ciconia nigra (A) Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana
Mar. 29—A court-issued restraining order paused development plans for a site of dozens of great blue heron nests on land owned by a member of the county soil and water conservation board. How ...