| Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca |
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The Coorong, SA, Australia March 2006 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. |
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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. | |||
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They feed on fish, shellfish, frogs, worms, insects and carrion. | |||
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