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Alternative name: White-necked Heron

Ardea pacifica

Photo by Neil
Location: Sydney, Australia

[edit] Identification

Large, dark slaty wings and body, white head and neck.

[edit] Distribution

New Guinea and Australia; vagrant to New Zealand and Tasmania.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Freshwater wetlands and wet grasslands.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes small terrestrial and aquatic animals. It nests in dead or living trees.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID