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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.
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, ... The Australian white-faced heron is often incorrectly called a grey heron. [8]
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 ...
Little egret Egretta garzetta in Kolleru, Andhra Pradesh, India White-faced heron, E. novaehollandiae with a frog. The genus Egretta was introduced in 1817 by the German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster with the little egret as the type species.
Original - White-faced Heron, Egretta novaehollandiae. During the breeding season pinkish-brown or bronze nuptial plumes appear on the foreneck and breast, with blue-grey plumes appearing on the back. Reason Shows whole bird well.
A white heron with a droplet of water on its beak in Forest Park. The bill is generally long and harpoon-like. It can vary from extremely narrow, as in the agami heron, to wider as in the grey heron. The most atypical heron bill is owned by the boat-billed heron, which has a broad, thick bill. Herons' bills and other bare parts of the body are ...
BY BOB BRENZING AND NICOLE DIDONATO 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 ...
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; Slaty egret, Egretta vinaceigula; Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor – also known ...