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Revision as of 07:17, 16 May 2007
- Egretta novaehollandiae
Identification
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
Range: Breeds in southern New Guinea, New Caledonia, much of Australia except the arid interior, Tasmania and New Zealand where now found throughout North and South Islands and also on some smaller islands. Largely resident but with much wandering and makes regular movements away from on the coast in New Zealand. Vagrants reported in the arid interior of Australia and on many islands including Sulawesi, the Moluccas and Timor, the Kai and Aru Islands off New Guinea, and Lord Howe Island, the Kermadecs, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands.
Habitat: Lakeshores and riverbanks, mangroves, shallow lagoons and on tidal mudflats and estuaries, sometimes rocky shores.
Subspecies: North-west Australian birds are darker and separated as parryi.
Photographed: Adelaide, Australia.
White faced heron range
Also recently turned up on Norfolk Island.
Originally posted by OzV