DISTRIBUTION:

The Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) is natural to Africa and Madagascar.

HABITAT:

Nearby places covered with not too deep water, such as rice fields and underwater fields.

REPRODUCTION:

Nests in colonies, counting up to five hundred pairs. The clutch is two to four eggs.

FOOD:

The diet is made up of fish, crustaceans and other small aquatic animals. Fish by standing in the water and with its wings making a circle (like an umbrella), as the fish approach the shade they are caught with the bill.

DESCRIPTION:

In length it reaches from 48 to 56 cm.

OTHER NAMES:

The Black Heron in Spanish is called “Garceta Negra”.