Description
English: Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala), Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.
Français : Un Héron mélanocéphale (Ardea melanocephala), photographié dans le Mikumi National Park, en Tanzanie.
Date 20 June 2011
Source Own work
Author Muhammad Mahdi Karim Facebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Muhammad_Mahdi_Karim
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-headed_Heron_(Ardea_melanocephala).jpg

The black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) 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. Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Ardeidae.