Black Heron

Egretta ardesiaca - Aigrette ardoisée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Egretta

  • Species
    :

    ardesiaca

Descriptor

Wagler, 1827

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 66 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 90 à 95 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Aigrette ardoisée
adult plum. breeding
Aigrette ardoisée
adult

Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Aigrette ardoisée,
  • Garceta azabache,
  • garça-preta,
  • Glockenreiher,
  • haranggém,
  • Zwarte Reiger,
  • Airone ardesia,
  • svarthäger,
  • Skyggehegre,
  • volavka čierna,
  • volavka černá,
  • Skyggehejre,
  • varjostajahaikara,
  • Swartreier,
  • martinet negre,
  • Svarthegri,
  • czapla czarna,
  • melnais gārnis,
  • črna čaplja,
  • Чёрная цапля,
  • クロコサギ,
  • 黑鹭,
  • 黑鷺,

Voice song and cries

Aigrette ardoisée
adult

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tr

opical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Ponds (below 8ha), Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 13-10-2010
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