White-necked Heron
Ardea pacificaLatham, J, 1801
English (US) White-necked Heron
The White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: south-central New Guinea and Australia (including Tasmania but not southwestern deserts)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ardea pacifica
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-necked Heron
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1801
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1801
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xlv
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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