purple heron

English

Etymology

From purple and heron.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)pəl ˈhɛɹən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝpəl ˈhɛɹən/

Noun

purple heron (plural purple herons)

1. A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.

Translations

Ardea purpurea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫鷺 / 紫鹭 (zǐlù)

• Danish: purpurhejre (da) c
• Dutch: purperreiger (nl)
• Esperanto: purpura ardeo
• Faroese: korkahegri m
• Finnish: ruskohaikara (fi)
• French: héron pourpré (fr) m
• German: Purpurreiher (de) m
• Hungarian: vörös gém (hu)
• Italian: airone rosso m
• Japanese: 紫鷺 (murasaki sagi)
• Korean: 붉은왜가리 (bulgeunwaegari)
• Malagasy: dangoro (mg)
• Maltese: russett aħmar m
• Navajo: toohjįʼ noołnahii łibáhígíí
• Polish: czapla purpurowa f
• Portuguese: garça-vermelha f
• Romanian: stârc roșu m
• Russian: ры́жая ца́пля f (rýžaja cáplja)
• Spanish: garza imperial f
• Swedish: purpurhäger (sv) c
• Tagalog: kandangaok, dangkanghawok
• Welsh: crëyr porffor m