Waterbirds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.06 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The black-headed heron 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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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