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The Australian white ibis is a fairly large ibis species, around 65–75 cm (26–30 in) long and has a bald black head and neck and a long black downcurved beak, measuring over 16.7 cm (6.6 in) in the male, and under in the female.
Black-headed ibis: Northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka east up to Japan T. moluccus: Australian white ibis: Eastern, northern and south-western Australia T. spinicollis: Straw-necked ibis: Australia (except parts of Western Australia, South Australia, and south-west Tasmania), Indonesia and New Guinea T. solitarius † Reunion ibis
The Australian white ibis has become a focus of art, pop culture, and memes since rapidly adapting to city life in recent decades, and has earned the popular nicknames "bin chicken" and "tip turkey". [35] In December 2017, the ibis placed second in Guardian Australia 's inaugural Bird of the Year poll, after leading for much of the voting ...
The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large wading birds. The family has been traditionally classified into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills; however recent genetic studies have cast doubt on this arrangement, and have found the spoonbills to be nested within the Old World ibises, and the New World ibises as an early offshoot.
The Australian white ibis is often called the sacred ibis colloquially. [ 4 ] Although known to the ancient civilisations of Greece, Rome and especially Africa, ibises were unfamiliar to western Europeans from the fall of Rome until the 19th century, and mentions of this bird in the ancient works of these civilisations were supposed to describe ...
The straw-necked ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) is a bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. It can be found throughout Australia , New Guinea , and parts of Indonesia . Adults have distinctive straw-like feathers on their necks.
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White ibis may refer to several birds: American white ibis, Eudocimus albus; Australian white ibis, Threskiornis molucca. Solomons white ibis or Solomon Islands white ibis, Threskiornis (molucca) pygmaeus; Asiatic white ibis, an alternative name for the black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephala