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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
