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WHITE-FACED HERON FACTS |
Description
The White-faced Heron is light blue-grey heron with a white face. Young birds have less white on the face. Adults have yellow legs and juveniles have greenish yellow legs.
Size
65cm
Habitat
anywhere where there is water - tidal mudflats, grasslands, parks and gardens
Food
fish, insects and amphibians. In cities and suburban areas it and sometimes eats fish from goldfish ponds.
Breeding
the nest is an untidy structure of sticks built in a tree. Lays 3-4 eggs.
Range
throughout the mainland and Tasmania
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Ciconiiformes | | Family: | Ardeidae | | Genus: | Egretta | | Species: | novaehollandiae | | Common Name: | White-faced Heron |
Relatives in same Genus
Little Egret (E. garzetta)
Intermediate Egret (E. intermedia)
Reef Heron (E. sacra)
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