India
Purple Heron
India
Low
Priority
Priority
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
Long-term Trend:
Increase
Current Annual Trend:
Stable
Distribution Range Size:
Very Large
Other
Conservation
Categories
Global Red List:
Least Concern
Wild Life Protection Act:
Schedule-II
Long-term Trend (%)
53.4
Long-term Trend CI (%)
(35.3, 73.53)
Current Annual Trend (%)
-0.28
Current Annual Trend CI (%)
(-1.6, 1.05)
Distribution Range Size (sq.km)
15,32,260
Distribution Range Size CI (sq.km)
(1,531,740, 1,532,780)
Migratory Status
Resident
Habitat Specialization
Wetland
Endemicity
Non-endemic
See Interpreting Species Pages for a detailed explanation
To cite this page: SoIB 2023. State of India's Birds factsheet: Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (India) https://stateofindiasbirds.in/species/purher1/. Accessed on 2024-04-23.
National Trend
State Trends
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Mizoram
- Odisha
- Puducherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
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