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A close up of a wild Green Heron ( Butorides virescens ) inspecting the water for a meal.

Javan pond-heron, Ardeola speciosa, single bird by water, Indonesia, March 2011

Rufescent Tiger-Heron at Brasilian Pantanal - Brazil

Green Heron Bird stands on a rock in the water on a summer day

Great blue heron in New England lily pond on a midsummer evening

Adult grey heron (Ardea cinerea) picked out by early morning light. Selective focus highlights the yellow eye, even green bokeh as background.

Backside close up of Glossy Ibis ( Plegadis falcinellus ) act in real nature in Thailand

A great blue heron, on the edge of a lake, in autumn in the Laurentian forest.

Focused view of a green heron with its distinctive plumage. It is unusual to catch them chirping

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) in the Florida Everglades

Imperial heron in the foreground, with the green background of the grass

Grey Heron in Kenya, East Africa bird. Grey body and head feathers with white neck feathers. Yellow eyes and bill.

Green heron perched on a mangrove branch in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

Great Blue Heron looking for fish on the edge of a canal on a wildlife drive in Central Florida

A small green heron perched on a patch of dry, grassy ground dotted with rocks

$Purple Heron.\nThe 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.\n\nIt is similar in appearance to the more common grey heron but is slightly smaller, more slender and has darker plumage. It is also a more evasive bird, favouring densely vegetated habitats near water, particularly reed beds. It hunts for a range of prey including fish, rodents, frogs and insects, either stalking them or standing waiting in ambush.\n\nPurple herons are colonial breeders and build a bulky nest out of dead reeds or sticks close to the water' edge among reeds or in dense vegetation. About five bluish-green eggs are laid and are incubated by both birds. The young hatch about four weeks later and fledge six weeks after that. The International Union for Conservation of Nature notes that the global population trend is downwards, largely because of the drainage of wetlands, but assesses the purple heron's conservation status as being of \$

Close up of a Grey Heron perched on a mossy tree trunk

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