Species similar to Purple Heron

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Garza blanca

Ardea alba

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Western Cattle-Egret

Ardea ibis

Eastern Cattle-Egret

Ardea coromanda

Garza mora

Ardea cocoi

Medium Egret

Ardea intermedia

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

White-necked Heron

Ardea pacifica

Plumed Egret

Ardea plumifera

Goliath Heron

Ardea goliath

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha