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The white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) also known as the white-fronted heron, [2] and incorrectly as the grey heron, [3] or blue crane, [2] is a common bird throughout most of Australasia, including New Guinea, the islands of Torres Strait, Indonesia, New Zealand, and all but the driest areas of Australia.
Measuring 83–103 centimetres (33–41 in) in length and weighing 0.7–1.2 kilograms (1 lb 9 oz – 2 lb 10 oz), the eastern great egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Its bill is black in the breeding season and yellow at other times, [ 7 ] and its long legs are red or black.
Scientific name Common Name Distribution Egretta picata: Pied heron: Australia, Wallacea and New Guinea. Egretta novaehollandiae: White-faced heron: of Australasia, New Guinea, the islands of Torres Strait, Indonesia, New Zealand Egretta rufescens: Reddish egret: Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States ...
Western reef heron: Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) 44 Pied heron: Egretta picata (Gould, 1845) 45 White-faced heron: Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) 46 White-backed night heron: Calherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) 47 White-eared night heron: Oroanassa magnifica (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) 48 Striated heron: Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
The royal spoonbill is a large, white bird with a black, spoon-shaped bill. It is approximately 80 cm (31 in) tall, 74–81 cm (29–32 in) and a weight of 1.4–2.07 kg (3.1–4.6 lb). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is a wading bird and has long legs for walking through water.
White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae - Aus, NZ; Little egret, Egretta garzetta - Aus, NZ; Eastern reef egret, Egretta sacra - Aus, NZ; Striated heron, Butorides striatus - Aus; Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax - Aus; Nankeen night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus - Aus, NZ; Malayan night heron, Gorsachius melanolophus - Aus
CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. – A rare white-faced fawn is finding love on a Cedar Springs farm. "Dragon" was born about a week and a half ago on the farm. But, because the fawn was born with a white ...
Great egret or great white egret, Ardea alba; Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia; Syrigma Ridgway, 1878 – whistling heron: whistling heron, Syrigma sibilatrix; Egretta T. Forster, 1817 – typical egrets: Pied heron, Egretta picata; White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae; Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens; Black heron, Egretta ardesiaca