White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (2)
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 23, 2014
Text last updated July 23, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белолика чапла |
| Catalan | martinet carablanc |
| Chinese | 白臉鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白脸鹭 |
| Czech | volavka bělolící |
| Dutch | Witwangreiger |
| English | White-faced Heron |
| English (United States) | White-faced Heron |
| Finnish | valkonaamahaikara |
| French | Aigrette à face blanche |
| French (France) | Aigrette à face blanche |
| German | Weißwangenreiher |
| Icelandic | Bleshegri |
| Indonesian | Kuntul australia |
| Japanese | カオジロサギ |
| Norwegian | hvitmaskehegre |
| Polish | czapla białolica |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-de-faces-brancas |
| Russian | Белолицая цапля |
| Serbian | Belolika australijska čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka bielolíca |
| Spanish | Garceta Cariblanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta cariblanca |
| Swedish | vithuvad häger |
| Turkish | Ak Yüzlü Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чепура австралійська |
Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Ardea novoe Hollandioe
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2, p.701.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- novaehollandae / novaehollandia / novaehollandiae
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-faced Heron
