A purple heron with its neck retracted at Kadamakudy
A purple heron with its neck extended in full at Kadamakudy
A purple heron on flight at Kakkanad. On flight a heron retracts its neck unlike a stork, a crane or a spoonbill.
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea of family Ardeidae in order Pelicaniformes. Size is that of Grey Heron. Resident.