Species profile—Egretta novaehollandiae (white-faced heron)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns) → Egretta novaehollandiae (white-faced heron)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
- Scientific name
- Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
- Common name
- white-faced heron
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1826
- Synonym(s)
- Ardea novaehollandiae
- Alternate name(s)
- blue crane
white-fronted heron - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1826.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
