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Black Headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Ardea melanocephala
Species recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, Hone et al 2013 avian data, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Somalia Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia BR, wikipedia DA, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, Wildfinder (WWF), Sibly et al 2012, and United States Species List
Ardea melanocephala
Recognized by CalPhotos, Biopix Nature Photos, and Furui 2020
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Mozambique Species List
Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children 1826
Recognized by Afrotropical Birds LifeDesk, Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk, and OBIS environmental data records
Ardea melanocephala
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, xeno canto America, and Global Biotic Interactions
Ardea melanocephala
Recognized by PlanetScott and Flickr Group
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children 1826
Species recognized by IUCN

Common Names

English

Black-headed Heron preferred
Recognized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk, PlanetScott, Wikidata Common Names, and xeno canto America

Afrikaans

Swartkopreier preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

بلشون أسود الرأس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Koartza burubeltz preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Kerc'heiz penn du preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

черноглава чапла preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

bernat capnegre preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

crnoglava čaplja preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

volavka africká preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Sorthovedet Hejre preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian

ނޫ މާކަނާ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Zwartkopreiger preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Nigrakapa ardeo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

savannihaigur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

kobolttihaikara preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Héron mélanocéphale preferred
Recognized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk and Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

შავთავა ყანჩა preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Schwarzhalsreiher preferred
Recognized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk and Wikidata Common Names

Hausa

Baƙin zalbe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אנפה שחורת-ראש preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

feketenyakú gém preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Hettuhegri preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

Corr cheanndubh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Airone testanera preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ズグロアオサギ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

melnkakla gārnis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

juodagalvis garnys preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Manx

Coar chione-doo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Toohjįʼ noołnahii bitsiiʼ diłhiłígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Northern Sami

Čáhppesoaiháigir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Svarthodehegre preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

حواصیل سرسیاه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

czapla czarnogłowa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

garça-de-cabeça-preta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Черношейная цапля preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

volavka čiernohlavá preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Garza cabecinegra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
črnoglava čaplja preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

svarthuvad häger preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

นกกระสาหัวดำ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

чапля чорноголова preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Diệc đầu đen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Crëyr penddu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

بلشون اسود الراس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

کلسرا بگلا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826 (this page)
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
Ardea aurelianensis Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea brunhuberi von Ammon 1911
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus 1766
Ardea effosa von Meyer 1843
Ardea formosa Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar 1829
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards, Grandidier & A 1885
Ardea insignis Hume 1878
Ardea intermedia Wagler 1829
Ardea latipes von Meyer 1843
Ardea lignitum Gibel 1860
Ardea pacifica Latham 1801
Ardea paloccidentalis Shufeldt 1891
Ardea perplexa Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea piveteaui Brunet 1970
Ardea polkensis Brodkorb 1955
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766
Ardea sumatrana Raffles 1822

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae Leach 1820
Ardeinae Leach 1820
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826 (this page)
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus 1766
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar 1829
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier 1885
Ardea insignis Hume 1878
Ardea modesta J. E. Gray 1831
Ardea pacifica Latham 1802
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766
Ardea sumatrana Raffles 1822

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826 (this page)
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
Ardea aurelianensis Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea brunhuberi von Ammon 1911
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus 1766
Ardea effosa von Meyer 1843
Ardea formosa Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar 1829
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards, Grandidier & A 1885
Ardea insignis Hume 1878
Ardea intermedia Wagler 1829
Ardea latipes von Meyer 1843
Ardea lignitum Gibel 1860
Ardea pacifica Latham 1801
Ardea paloccidentalis Shufeldt 1891
Ardea perplexa Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea piveteaui Brunet 1970
Ardea polkensis Brodkorb 1955
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766
Ardea sumatrana Raffles 1822

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Paraves
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826 (this page)
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus 1766
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar 1829
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards, Grandidier & A 1885
Ardea insignis Hume 1878
Ardea intermedia Wagler 1829
Ardea pacifica Latham 1801
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766
Ardea sumatrana Raffles 1822

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826 (this page)
Ardea affinis Horsfield 1821
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
Ardea ardesiacea Lesson 1831
Ardea aruensis G. R. Gray 1858
Ardea atricollis Wagler 1827
Ardea aurelianensis Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea australis Cuvier 1831
Ardea bilineata Cuvier 1831
Ardea brunhuberi von Ammon 1911
Ardea bubulcus Audouin 1823
Ardea caboga Sykes 1832
Ardea callocephala Wagler 1827
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cinerea × Ardea alba
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus 1766
Ardea effosa von Meyer 1843
Ardea formosa Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar 1829
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier 1885
Ardea insignis Hume 1878
Ardea latipes von Meyer 1843
Ardea lignitum Gibel 1860
Ardea longicollis Meyen 1834
Ardea maguari Spix 1825
Ardea megacephala Milne-Edwards 1873
Ardea modesta J. E. Gray 1831
Ardea nebulosa Horsfield 1821
Ardea nivea Cuvier 1831
Ardea pacifica Latham 1801
Ardea paloccidentalis Shufeldt 1891
Ardea pealii Bonaparte 1826
Ardea perplexa Milne-Edwards 1871
Ardea piveteaui Brunet 1970
Ardea polkensis Brodkorb 1955
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766
Ardea scolopacea Gmelin 1789
Ardea sumatrana Raffles 1822
Ardea timoriensis

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae Leach 1820
Ardeinae Leach 1820
Ardea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors 1826 (this page)
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus 1766
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar 1829
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier 1885
Ardea insignis Hume 1878
Ardea modesta J. E. Gray 1831
Ardea pacifica Latham 1802
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766
Ardea sumatrana Raffles 1822

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children 1826 (this page)
Agamia agami (Gmelin 1789)
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
Ardea brachyrhyncha (Brehm 1854)
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Ardea cocoi Linnaeus 1766
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar 1827
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1885
Ardea insignis Hume 1878
Ardea intermedia Wagler 1829
Ardea occidentalis Audubon 1835
Ardea pacifica Latham 1801
Ardea plumifera (Gould 1848)
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766
Ardea sumatrana Raffles 1822
Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte 1855)
Ardeola grayii (Sykes 1832)
Ardeola idae (Hartlaub 1860)
Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli 1769)
Ardeola rufiventris (Sundevall 1851)
Ardeola speciosa (Horsfield 1821)
Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett 1813)
Botaurus pinnatus (Wagler 1829)
Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler 1827)
Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus 1758)
Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus 1758)
Butorides striata (Linnaeus 1758)
Calherodius leuconotus (Wagler 1827)
Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus 1766)
Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler 1827)
Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus 1758)
Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe 1860)
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus 1766)
Egretta gularis (Bosc 1792)
Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham 1790)
Egretta picata (Gould 1845)
Egretta rufescens (Gmelin 1789)
Egretta sacra (Gmelin 1789)
Egretta thula (Molina 1782)
Egretta tricolor (Müller 1776)
Egretta vinaceigula (Sharpe 1895)
Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck 1835)
Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles 1822)
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Gmelin 1789)
Ixobrychus dubius Matthews 1912
Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Swinhoe 1873)
Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin 1789)
Ixobrychus flavicollis (Latham 1790)
Ixobrychus involucris (Vieillot 1823)
Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus 1766)
Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (Potts 1871)
Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin 1789)
Ixobrychus sturmii (Wagler 1827)
Nyctanassa carcinocatactes Olson & Wingate 2006
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus 1758)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin 1789)
Nycticorax duboisi Rothschild 1907
Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton & Gadow 1893)
Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards 1873)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Oroanassa magnifica (Ogilvie Grant 1899)
Pilherodius pileatus (Boddaert 1783)
Syrigma sibilatrix (Temminck 1824)
Tigriornis leucolopha (Jardine 1846)
Tigrisoma fasciatum (Such 1825)
Tigrisoma lineatum (Boddaert 1783)
Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson 1834
Zebrilus undulatus (Gmelin 1789)
Zonerodius heliosylus (Lesson 1828)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Aves
Neognathae
Neoaves
Aequorlitornithes
Ardeae
Aequornithes
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Ardeinae
Ardea
Ardea melanocephala (this page)
Ardea aequinoctialis
Ardea agami
Ardea alba
Ardea antigone
Ardea aruensis
Ardea asha
Ardea aureliensis
Ardea brachyrhyncha
Ardea caboga
Ardea canadensis
Ardea ciconia
Ardea cinerea
Ardea cocoi
Ardea dubia
Ardea exilis
Ardea flavicollis
Ardea goliath
Ardea grayii
Ardea grus
Ardea herodias
Ardea humbloti
Ardea ibis
Ardea insignis
Ardea intermedia
Ardea involucris
Ardea javanica
Ardea lentiginosus
Ardea lepida
Ardea leuce
Ardea leuconotus
Ardea lineata
Ardea maguari
Ardea modesta
Ardea nebulosa
Ardea novaehollandiae
Ardea nycticorax
Ardea occidentalis
Ardea pacifica
Ardea picata
Ardea pileata
Ardea pinnata
Ardea plumifera
Ardea poiciloptila
Ardea purpurea
Ardea rubicunda
Ardea ruficollis
Ardea sacra
Ardea sinensis
Ardea sturmii
Ardea sumatrana
Ardea tricolor
Ardea violacea
Ardea virgo
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