White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) White-faced Heron
The White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) 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: Lesser Sundas, southern New Guinea, Australia (except western deserts), Lord Howe and Norfolk islands (east of Australia), eastward to Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Tonga; self-introduced to New Zealand in 1940s, where now widespread in North, South, Stewart, and Chatham islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Egretta novaehollandiae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-faced Heron
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea novoe Hollandioe
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.701
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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