White-faced HeronScientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae
Meaning of name: Egretta is Latin for egret. Novaehollandiae means that this bird is of New Holland.
Aboriginal name: Wyan (why’anne).
Distribution: Found throughout Australia except for the arid interior.
Description: This bird is up to 68cm long with a wingspan of 106cm.
Notes:The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 244km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 4 years 8 months after being banded (information as at 13 June 2012).
References: Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/76-publications-and-resources/103-conservation-science-wa-journal
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
This photograph was not taken in the reserves of interest to FQPB. Photograph courtesy of B Wykes.
This photograph was not taken in the reserves of interest to FQPB. Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
This photograph was not taken in the reserves of interest to FQPB. Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
