Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartreier |
| Arabic | بلشون اسود |
| Bulgarian | Черна чапла |
| Catalan | martinet negre |
| Czech | volavka černá |
| Danish | Skyggehejre |
| Dutch | Zwarte Reiger |
| English | Black Heron |
| English (United States) | Black Heron |
| Finnish | varjostajahaikara |
| French | Aigrette ardoisée |
| French (France) | Aigrette ardoisée |
| German | Glockenreiher |
| Greek | Μαυροτσικνιάς |
| Hebrew | לבנית כהה |
| Hungarian | Haranggém |
| Icelandic | Svarthegri |
| Italian | Airone ardesia |
| Japanese | クロコサギ |
| Lithuanian | Juodasis garnys |
| Norwegian | skyggehegre |
| Polish | czapla czarna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-preta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-preta |
| Romanian | Egretă neagră |
| Russian | Зонтичная цапля |
| Serbian | Velika crna čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka čierna |
| Slovenian | Črna čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Azabache |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta azabache |
| Swedish | svarthäger |
| Turkish | Kara Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чепура чорна |
Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Ardea ardesiaca
Wagler, 1827. Systema Avium Ardea, [p.181] sp.20.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegambia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- ardesiaca / ardesiacea / ardesiacus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Scientific name definitions
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blaher1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 26, 2014
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2014). Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.