The Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
The Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Ardea atricollisIllustration source: pl. 30 in Iconographie ornithologique: Nouveau recueil général de planches peintes d'oiseaux. Paris: Chez Friedrich Klincksieck [etc., etc.], 1849 [i.e. 1845-1849], publié par O. des Murshttp://bhl.ala.org.au/bibliography/51471
