Habitat
Shallow, perennial freshwater habitats, such as shallow lakesides, dams, ponds, flood-plains, rice-paddies, marshes, swamps, seasonally flooded grasslands and the edges of rivers. Also alkaline lakes and in estuarine waters including mangroves, tidal mudflats and tidal creeks, although remaining near freshwater inlets.
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) [XC425627]
by Peter Boesman from Serrekunda, Kanifing Municipal Council, Banjul, Gambia (call)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) [XC300262]
by Peter Boesman from Lake Awassa, Ethiopia (call)
Nest
A solid platform composed of sticks and twigs, located in a tree, bushe or reedbed, usually between 1 - 6 m above the ground and always near or over water. In colonies, often with other species.