Herons (Ardeidae)
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) - HBW 1, p. 406
French: Héron à tête blanche
German: Weißhalsreiher
Spanish: Garza Cuelliblanca
Other common names: Pacific Heron
Taxonomy: Ardea pacifica Latham, 1801, New South Wales.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia and Tasmania; scarce, but probably regular, in S New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Catching and eating a large yabby (fresh water crayfish) Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 21 November 2011 11 weeks ago 1 min 56 sec 5 -
Adult foraging. Locality Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 11 October 2011 17 weeks ago 24 sec 3.8 -
bird walking through the water and catching a small fish Locality Mareeba Wetland, Queensland, Australia
Eldert Groenewoud 30 July 2009 2 years ago 33 sec 3.5 -
A bird foraging near the reedbed and eating. Locality Ararat, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 1 year ago 25 sec 3.4 -
Two birds resting on a branch. Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 22 October 2005 2 years ago 34 sec 3.4 -
An adult in breeding plumage Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 30 September 1994 7 years ago 27 sec 3.3
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Non-breeding bird slowly working a small drying dam
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Chris Charles 17 September 2011 8 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult in breeding plumage
Locality Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 17 July 2008 47 weeks ago 3.3 -
White-necked Heron resting in a billabong
Locality Camooweal, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 1 August 2008 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3 -
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) at a swamp edge in a field
Locality Canungra, Queensland, Australia
cel_polo 18 October 2011 16 weeks ago 3 -
Adult in non-breeding plumage
Locality Winton, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 22 June 2010 47 weeks ago 3 -
An adult in breeding plumage
Locality Namadgi Visitors Centre, Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Bruce Ramsay 30 October 2009 1 year ago 3
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