Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala - Héron mélanocéphale
Systematics
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Order:
Pelecaniformes
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Family:
Ardéidés
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Genus:
Ardea
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Species:
melanocephala
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 96 cm
- Wingspan: 150 à 160 cm.
- Weight:
Geographic range
Description identification
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Héron mélanocéphale,
- Garza cabecinegra,
- garça-de-cabeça-preta,
- Schwarzhalsreiher,
- feketenyakú gém,
- Zwartkopreiger,
- Airone testanera,
- svarthuvad häger,
- Svarthodehegre,
- volavka čiernohlavá,
- volavka africká,
- Sorthovedet Hejre,
- kobolttihaikara,
- Swartkopreier,
- bernat capnegre,
- Hettuhegri,
- czapla czarnogłowa,
- melnkakla gārnis,
- črnoglava čaplja,
- Черношейная цапля,
- ズグロアオサギ,
- 黑头鹭,
- 黑頭鷺,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes