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The Black-headed Heron (*Ardea melanocephala*) is a species of bird classified within the family Ardeidae and order Ciconiiformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata. The taxon name was established by Vigors & Children in 1826, and its status is accepted. The species has a mass of 60 and a litter size of 3.5.
Its range includes Africa and Burkina Faso. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2024. Common names for the bird include Schwarzhalsreiher, Garza cabecinegra, and bernat capnegre.
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Species
Least Concernblack-headed heron
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCiconiiformes
- FamilyArdeidae
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Ardea melanocephala
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- Ardea melanocephala
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- Ardea melanocephala
- taxon common name
- Coar chione-doo
- litter size
- 3.5
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic overview
The black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is mainly resident, but some west African birds move further north in the rainy season.
This species usually breeds in the wet season in colonies in trees, reedbeds or cliffs. It builds a bulky stick nest and lays 2–4 eggs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black-headed Heron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.