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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.
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.
Australian White Ibis · Threskiornis molucca · (Cuvier, 1829) Order: PELECANIFORMES. Family: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills) Genus: Threskiornis. Species: molucca.
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. Threskiornis molucca is one of three ibis species native to Australia. Found in inland swamps and coastal wetlands, white ibis also forage in moist grasslands and increasingly in parks and on rubbish tips. Their traditional diet includes frogs, fish, crayfish, worms, beetles and crickets.
Summary 2. 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. Its sister species is the sacred ibis. Sources and Credits
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.
