Black-headed Heron

When to see the Black-headed Heron

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-headed Heron

The map shades 45 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in France, São Tomé & Príncipe, Mayotte, Yemen.

About the Black-headed Heron

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.

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Easily confused with

Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiThe cocoi heron is the largest of the South American heron species and measures 95–130 cm (37.5–51 in) in length, although body sizes vary regionally; with southern individuals probably being the largest. White-necked HeronArdea pacificaThe white-necked heron is a large, diurnal, long-legged waterbird. Goliath HeronArdea goliathIt is the world's largest living heron (though the extinct Bennu heron was larger).