Australian White Ibis

Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829)

Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca, is a bird of Australasia, with breeding range across Wallacea, New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands. It is widespread through much of Australia and has also become established in towns and cities on the east coast, with growing numbers in Perth and nearby south-western areas. Its most obvious features are a white body, bare black head, long downcurved bill and black legs. It is a native Australian bird, not an introduced feral species, and it is closely related to the African sacred ibis.

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills

Breeding range

Australasia: Wallacea, New Guinea, Australia and Solomon Is.