![]() | White-necked Heron Posterior | White-faced Heron In Flight | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||
Order: | Storks (Ciconiiformes) | ||||
Family: | Heron (Ardeidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) | ||||
This Photo: | Immature | ||||
Thank you Dianne Clarke for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Riverland and possibly elsewhere Tall, long yellow legs, white face, grey feathers, black beak, long grey neck. Immature birds can be differentiated from adults by their rufous breast and less distinct border of the white face. | |||||
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