bird · Pelecaniformes · Ardeidae

Black Heron

Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) — also called black egret, BLHE. Occurrence records of the Black Heron are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Marievale Bird Sanctuary (884 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernArdeidae

6reserves with records

1 008records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) — Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	884
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	48
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	46
eMalahleni Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	19
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	6
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	5

By province

Gauteng: 4 reserves
Mpumalanga: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Scientific name: Egretta ardesiaca
GBIF taxon: 2480878
Wikidata: Q392175

More of the Ardeidae family

Black-headed Heron Cattle Egret Grey Heron Little Egret Purple Heron Goliath Heron Great Egret Striated Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Squacco Heron Intermediate egret

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.