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The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill, and black legs.
The Australian White Ibis is common and widespread in northern and eastern Australia, and both its range and abundance in western Australia is expanding, despite its absence from Western Australia prior to the 1950s.
The Australian White Ibis is identified by its almost entirely white body plumage and black head and neck. The head is featherless and its black bill is long and down-curved. During the breeding season the small patch of skin on the under-surface of the wing changes from dull pink to dark scarlet.
This nomadic bird can fly large distances in search of food sources with one white ibis banded in Perth discovered in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s. With an entirely white body and a black featherless head and neck, the Australian white ibis is famous for its long down curved black beak.
The Australian white ibis is known as mardungurra among the Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara (a large region in the north of Western Australia). Australian white ibises have a long and curved bill which they use to get prey from the mud.
In the bustling cities and tranquil parks of Australia, a striking bird with a white plumage and a distinctive long, curved beak has become an increasingly familiar sight – the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca). Often referred to as the “bin chicken” due to its scavenging habits, this native bird has successfully adapted to ...
In dry weather, Australian White Ibis congregate in Belmore Park at a density that is 10 times higher than other parks, including Hyde Park and the Domain – the central Sydney parks. But after rainfall, ibis numbers drop in Belmore, a pattern consistent with 7 years of survey data.
