Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephalaChildren, JG; Vigors, NA, 1826
English (US) Black-headed Heron
The Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: grassland and savanna of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ardea melanocephala
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Heron
- Described by
- Children, JG; Vigors, NA, 1826
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Children, JG; Vigors, NA, 1826
- Type locality
- no locality; ? near Lake Chad.
- Original description
- Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 App.XXI p.201
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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