Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (34)
- Monotypic
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 2, 2014
Text last updated February 2, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartkopreier |
| Arabic | بلشون أسود الرأس |
| Bulgarian | Черноглава чапла |
| Catalan | bernat capnegre |
| Croatian | crnoglava čaplja |
| Czech | volavka africká |
| Danish | Sorthovedet Hejre |
| Dutch | Zwartkopreiger |
| English | Black-headed Heron |
| English (United States) | Black-headed Heron |
| Finnish | kobolttihaikara |
| French | Héron mélanocéphale |
| French (France) | Héron mélanocéphale |
| German | Schwarzhalsreiher |
| Greek | Μαυροκέφαλος Ερωδιός |
| Hebrew | אנפה שחורת-ראש |
| Hungarian | Feketenyakú gém |
| Icelandic | Hettuhegri |
| Japanese | ズグロアオサギ |
| Lithuanian | Juodagalvis garnys |
| Norwegian | svarthodehegre |
| Polish | czapla czarnogłowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-de-cabeça-preta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-de-cabeça-preta |
| Romanian | Stârc cu gât negru |
| Russian | Черноголовая цапля |
| Serbian | Crnoglava čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka čiernohlavá |
| Spanish | Garza Cabecinegra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garza cabecinegra |
| Swedish | svarthuvad häger |
| Turkish | Kara Boyunlu Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чапля чорноголова |
| Zulu | unokilonkokhandamnyama |
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826
PROTONYM:
Ardea melanocephala
Children & Vigors, 1826. Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 App.XXI, p.201.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality; ? near Lake Chad.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDEA
- melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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-headed Heron
