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The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae. It is native to much of Africa, as well as small parts of Iraq , Iran and Kuwait . [ 1 ]
The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek plegados and Latin , falcis , both meaning "sickle" and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.
The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae.It is found from the southern half of the US East Coast (from southern New Jersey, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia), along the Gulf Coast states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas) and south through most of the Caribbean coastal regions of Central America. [2]
Olive ibis Immature B. o. akleyorum at Mt Kenya ... The olive ibis (Bostrychia olivacea) is a species of ibis native to dense tropical forests in central Africa ...
The northern bald ibis, ... became apparent that only adults were reaching the wintering site in Ethiopia and that it was the low survival rate of immature birds ...
Black-headed ibis: Northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka east up to Japan T. moluccus: Australian white ibis: Eastern, northern and south-western Australia T. spinicollis: Straw-necked ibis: Australia (except parts of Western Australia, South Australia, and south-west Tasmania), Indonesia and New Guinea T. solitarius † Reunion ibis
The Australian white ibis is a fairly large ibis species, around 65–75 cm (26–30 in) long and has a bald black head and neck and a long black downcurved beak, measuring over 16.7 cm (6.6 in) in the male, and under in the female.
According to legend, the ibis is the last of wildlife to take shelter before a hurricane hits and the first to reappear once the storm has passed. [33] Harvard University's humor magazine, Harvard Lampoon, uses the ibis as its symbol. A copper statue of an ibis is prominently displayed on the roof of the Harvard Lampoon Building at 44 Bow Street.