White-faced Heron

Order Ciconiiformes; Family Ardeidae (Herons & Egrets); Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae; Formerly: Ardea novaehollandiae; Common name: White-faced Heron - Distribution in Australia: widespread and common throughout Australia, Tasmania and adjacent islands - Distribution outside Australia: it is absent in the western deserts and in the south-western Australia between about Augusta in the west and Port Augusta in the east - Distribution outside Australia: New Zealand, New Caledonia, southern New Guinea and southern Indonesia.