Habitat
The Slaty Egret is an inhabitant of floodplains, freshwater marshes, and temporary shallow wetlands, it shows a preference for areas where the water levels are falling back from their peak following seasonal rains. It is most often found in areas where there is good cover of low, emergent vegetation such as Cynodon dactylon and Panicum repens. Slaty Egrets have been observed to be more numerous on floodplains which have been subjected to fire, and it is often found alongside Red Lechwe Kobus leche. It prefers to forage in shallow water which is less than 10 cm deep.
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