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)

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

Translations

Ardea purpurea

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

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