#1349 · 🐦 birds

Australian Ibis

🇳🇱 Australische Witte Ibis ·Threskiornis molucca

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Australian white ibis ( Threskiornis molucca ) is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and black legs. Its sister species is the sacred ibis.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 35,018iNaturalist observations
weight 2 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
35,018 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 2 kg.
Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1829 (197 years ago).