What is Purple heron?
{{Taxobox | name = Purple Heron | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = 2010-kabini-purple-heron.jpg | image_caption = Adult from [[Nagarhole National Park]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Pelecaniformes]] | familia = [[Ardeidae]] | genus = ''[[Ardea (genus)|Ardea]]'' | species = '''''A. purpurea''''' | binomial = ''Ardea purpurea'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766) }} [[Image:Purple Heron (Immature) I2 IMG 8131.jpg|thumb|]] [[File:Ardea purpurea MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.53.1.jpg|thumb| ''Ardea purpurea'']] The '''purple heron''' (''Ardea purpurea'') is a kind of [[bird]]. It has long legs and walk through shallow water looking for food. The purple heron breeds in [[Africa]], central and southern [[Europe]], and southern and eastern [[Asia]]. [[Category:Ardeidae]] [[Category:Birds of Europe]] [[Category:Birds of Africa]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]]