White-faced Heron

Egretta is Latin for egret. Novaehollandiae means that this bird is of New Holland.

Wyan (why’anne).

Found throughout Australia except for the arid interior.

This bird is up to 68 centimetres long with a wingspan of 106 centimetres.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 244 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 4 years 8 months after being banded (information as at 13 June 2012).

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 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8fd1977b-9edf-4ddf-b6cf-24a09db4d18c