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Black-headed Heron is on the checklist for Rietvlei Nature Reserve, but there aren't yet enough confirmed sightings logged here to show a reliable best-time-to-see pattern. Download opspoor and be one of the first to log one. Every real sighting helps build this picture for everyone planning a trip.
About the Black-headed Heron
A large grey heron of sub-Saharan Africa, told from the Grey Heron by its solid black crown, hindneck and bill. Unlike most herons it hunts well away from water, stalking grassland and open veld for insects, rodents and small birds as readily as it spears fish and frogs in the shallows. Usually solitary outside the breeding season, when it nests colonially in tall trees.
How to identify the Black-headed Heron
Black cap, hindneck and heavy bill separate it from the paler-headed Grey Heron; grey above, whitish below, with striking white underwing coverts visible in flight and a retracted neck in flight like all herons.
Recent Black-headed Heron sightings in Rietvlei Nature Reserve
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