Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Australian White Ibis, The Cooring S.A., Australia, March 2006 - click for larger image Australia

The Australian White Ibis is distributed in most of Australia except the centre and centre-south. It is also in New Guinea and some nearby islands. It is found in a variety of wet habitats both inland and coastal including freshwater marshes, brackish wetlands and tidal mudflats as well as pastures, gardens and rubbish tips.
Immature Australian White Ibis, The Cooring S.A., Australia, March 2006 - click for larger image It is white with a featherless black head and long, downturned black bill. The wings have black tips and there is some bare red skin on the underwings. Their size can be judged in comparison to a Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae in photo 2. Immatures have black feathers on the head and neck as can be seen on photos 2 and 4.

Photo 5 shows an Australian White Ibis with Magpie Geese.
Australian White Ibis, The Cooring S.A., Australia, March 2006 - click for larger image They feed on fish, shellfish, frogs, worms, insects and carrion.
Immature Australian White Ibis, The Cooring S.A., Australia, March 2006 - click for larger image
Australian White Ibis with Magpie Geese, Lakefield National Park, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image
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