Black-headed Heron

Description:

Portrayed here is juvenile. Black-headed Heron is long-legged wading bird, mainly pale grey; with a long neck, and a long spear-like bill. Yellow eye, and dark grey crown, the grey coming down below the eye line. Some rufous streaks on throat. Legs are dark grey (not visible here).

Habitat:

Seen in marshy parts of Mukuvisi forest, a protected savanna reserve in Harare city.

Notes:

At first I wrongly IDed this bird as Grey Heron, but thanks to friends from African Bird Club and their project AFBID (African Bird Image Database) the mistake was corrected - the Black-headed Heron is a bit smaller that the Grey, and a bit darker grey but the main difference is colors of legs (yellow for Grey and dark grey for Black-headed), and the line of the grey on the head (below the eye, as seen here, for juvenile Black-headed)