Black-headed Heron / Ardea melanocephala LC
- Synonyms Black-necked Heron, Blackheaded Heron
- Old latin name for bird Ardea atricollis
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Where to see Black-headed Heron
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread s of the Sahara
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Palestine, State of
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartkopreier |
| Arabic | بلشون أسود الرأس |
| Azerbaijani | qaraboyun vağ |
| Basque | Lertxun burubeltz |
| Belarusian | Чарнашыйная чапля |
| Breton | Kerc'heiz penn du |
| Bulgarian | Черноглава чапла |
| Catalan | bernat capnegre |
| Chinese | 黑头鹭 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑頭鷺 |
| Croatian | crnoglava čaplja |
| Czech | volavka africká, Volavka černohlavá |
| Danish | Sorthovedet Hejre |
| Dutch | Zwartkopreiger |
| Esperanto | Nigrakapa ardeo |
| Estonian | savannihaigur |
| Finnish | kobolttihaikara |
| French | Héron à tête noire, Héron mélanocéphale |
| Frisian | Swartkopreager |
| Galician | Garza de cabeza negra |
| German | Schwarzkopfreiher, Schwarzhalsreiher |
| Greek | Μαυρoκέφαλoς τσικvιάς, Μαυροκέφαλος Ερωδιός |
| Hebrew | אנפה שחורת־ראש, אנפת שחורת־ראש, אנפה שחורת-ראש, אנפה שחורת ראש |
| Hungarian | feketenyakú gém |
| Icelandic | Hettuhegri |
| Irish | Corr cheanndubh |
| Italian | Airone testanera |
| Japanese | ズグロアオサギ |
| Latvian | melnkakla gārnis |
| Lithuanian | Juodakaklis garnys, juodagalvis garnys |
| Macedonian | Црноглава чапја |
| Maltese | Russett rasu sewda |
| Manx | Coar chione-doo |
| Northern Sami | Čáhppesoaiháigir |
| Norwegian | svarthodehegre |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Svarthovudhegre |
| Polish | czapla czarnoglowa, czapla czarnogłowa |
| Portuguese | Garca de cabeca preta, garça-de-cabeça-preta, Garca-de-cabeca-preta |
| Romanian | Stârc cu cap negru |
| Russian | Цапля черноголовая, Черношейная цапля, Черноголовая цапля |
| Serbian | Crnoglava čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka čiernohlavá |
| Slovenian | črnoglava čaplja |
| Spanish | Garza cabecinegra, Garza de Cabeza Negra |
| Swahili | Koikoi Majoka |
| Swedish | svarthuvad häger |
| Tatar | кара муенлы челән |
| Tswana | Kôkôlôhutwê |
| Turkish | Kara-boyunlu Balıkçıl, Kara Boyunlu Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | чапля чорноголова |
| Welsh | Crëyr penddu |
| Xhosa | Isikhwalimanzi |
| Zulu | uNokilonki |