Adult © Arthur Steinberger eBird S32662882 Macaulay Library ML 42460331
Immature © Gil Ewing
Adult © Thomas Quartier
Adult © Craig Faulhaber
Adult and immature © 智偉(Chih-Wei) 張(Chang)
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Adult © JingZu Tu

African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

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Identification

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Striking white ibis with a naked black head and neck and black legs and feet. White wings framed by black wingtips and trailing edges. Can be encountered in almost any open habitat from wild wetlands to farmland and rubbish dumps. Originally restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, but now established in Taiwan and Europe, with feral colonies in France, Italy, and Spain.

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