Bird genealogy >> Order Pelecaniformes >> Family Threskiornithidae
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Location

Fogg Dam, Kakadu National Park
Australia

Metadata

Make Nikon D1X
Lens Nikkor AF VR 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D   at 600 mm
Exposure 1/45 s, f/13.0, ISO not available 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Australischer Ibis Dutch  Australische Witte Ibis
Italian  Ibis bianco australiano Spanish  Ibis Moluqueño

Comments

At right an Australian White Ibis has its neck, breast and belly stained brown from the mud and swamp water in which it feeds. Four Royal Spoonbills (at left) and a Pied heron (center) are present too.




 
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    27/04/2002

Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis moluccus
Ibis à cou noir
Jean-Michel PAULUS