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Ibises and spoonbills are wading birds that feed in shallow water. Ibises have a long curved bill. Spoonbills have a flattened spoon-shaped bill. They sweep it from side to side in the water. Many nest in colonies with other wading birds. They travel in groups.
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Threskiornithidae
Threskiornis aethiopicus · Least concern
Ancient Egypt linked it to the god Thoth, yet the African sacred ibis has since disappeared from Egypt. Early English writers called it the 'Egyptian ibis', the 'emseesy' or the 'ox-bird', and Cuvier named it Ibis religiosus in 1817.
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Threskiornithidae
Eudocimus albus · Least concern
It never sees what it catches: it probes the bottom of shallow water with its red-orange bill and feels for crayfish, its favourite food. The naturalist Mark Catesby took the young for another species, which he called the brown curlew.
Photo: Maximilian Paradiz from Amsterdam, Netherlands (CC BY 2.0)
Threskiornithidae
Threskiornis melanocephalus · Least concern
In its range, no other native ibis combines all-white plumage with a black head and neck; its down-curved bill and legs are black too. Adults measure 65 to 76 cm. Though seen as a wetland bird, it forages in many natural and man-made habitats, from India to Japan.
Photo: A.Savin (FAL)
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