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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.
The white-eyes are small birds of rather drab appearance, the plumage above being typically greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As the name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eye.
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence White-crested tiger heron: Tigriornis leucolopha (Jardine, 1846) 1 Rufescent tiger heron: Tigrisoma lineatum (Boddaert, 1783) 2 Bare-throated tiger heron: Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson, 1834: 3 Fasciated tiger heron: Tigrisoma fasciatum (Such, 1825) 4 Boat-billed heron: Cochlearius cochlearius ...
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 ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
White-faced Heron, Egretta Creator Benjamint 13:42, 20 February 2010 (UTC) Support as nominator--Benjamint 13:42, 20 February 2010 (UTC) Weak Support. Nice photo and composition, but only just scrapes through the with minimum resolution. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:48, 21 February 2010 (UTC) It was a bit low, fixed.
The white-eyes are small birds of rather drab appearance, the plumage above being typically greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As the name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eye.