Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Monotypic
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2014
Text last updated February 26, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartreier |
| Arabic | بلشون اسود |
| Bulgarian | Черна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet negre |
| Czech | volavka černá |
| Danish | Skyggehejre |
| Dutch | Zwarte Reiger |
| English | Black Heron |
| English (United States) | Black Heron |
| Finnish | varjostajahaikara |
| French | Aigrette ardoisée |
| French (France) | Aigrette ardoisée |
| German | Glockenreiher |
| Greek | Μαυροτσικνιάς |
| Hebrew | לבנית כהה |
| Hungarian | Haranggém |
| Icelandic | Svarthegri |
| Italian | Airone ardesia |
| Japanese | クロコサギ |
| Lithuanian | Juodasis garnys |
| Norwegian | skyggehegre |
| Polish | czapla czarna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-preta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-preta |
| Romanian | Egretă neagră |
| Russian | Зонтичная цапля |
| Serbian | Velika crna čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka čierna |
| Slovenian | Črna čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Azabache |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta azabache |
| Swedish | svarthäger |
| Turkish | Kara Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чепура чорна |
| Zulu | unokilonkomnyama |
Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Ardea ardesiaca
Wagler, 1827. Systema Avium Ardea, [p.181] sp.20.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegambia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- ardesiaca / ardesiacea / ardesiacus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black Heron
