Black-headed Heron / Ardea melanocephala
| Black-headed Heron bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Blackheaded Heron, Black-necked Heron |
| Old latin name for bird | Ardea atricollis |
| Order | Pelicans and relatives / Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Herons, Bitterns / Ardeidae |
| Genus | Ardea |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | widespread s of the Sahara |
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Related species
White-bellied Heron
Great-billed Heron
Cocoi Heron
Great Egret
Goliath Heron
Intermediate Egret
White-necked Heron
Grey Heron
Great Blue Heron
Where to see Black-headed Heron
- 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
Black-headed Heron subspecies (0)
Translation
| 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 | Schwarzhalsreiher, Schwarzkopfreiher |
| Greek | Μαυροκέφαλος Ερωδιός, Μαυρoκέφαλoς τσικvιάς |
| 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 | juodagalvis garnys, Juodakaklis garnys |
| Macedonian | Црноглава чапја |
| Maltese | Russett rasu sewda |
| Manx | Coar chione-doo |
| Northern Sami | Čáhppesoaiháigir |
| Norwegian | svarthodehegre, Svarthodehegre |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Svarthovudhegre |
| Polish | czapla czarnogłowa, czapla czarnoglowa |
| Portuguese | garça-de-cabeça-preta, Garca-de-cabeca-preta, Garca de cabeca preta |
| Romanian | Stârc cu cap negru |
| Russian | Черноголовая цапля, Черношейная цапля, Цапля черноголовая |
| Serbian | Crnoglava čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka čiernohlavá |
| Slovenian | črnoglava čaplja |
| Spanish | Garza de Cabeza Negra, Garza cabecinegra |
| 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 |