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Close-up of American white ibis standing on a dry tree in a swamp.

The Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea Leucorodia)

Sacred Ibis feeding in the shallow water

An American white ibis (eudocimus albus) captured with a crab in its beak, in the grasses of the wetlands.

Two Black-headed Ibis birds standing in Ujani dam at Bhigwan village in Maharashtra, India

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

White Ibis commonly known as a bin chicken in Australia

Wattled Crane, Grus caruncula, Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, Gruiformes, Gruidae. Threatened and vulnerable.

Australian white ibis in a puddle of rain water in Adelaide, South Australia, in Veale Gardens, after heavy rains

Juvenile White Ibis resting on a park bench in the morning sun.

A native stork in North America, a very large, heavy-billed bird that wades in the shallows of southern swamps.

Black headed ibis bird with a snake kill in its beak with use of selective focus

White ibis preening at the Ocala Wetlands Recharge Park.

$Black-headed Ibis \nBathing in a rice field furrow.$

White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) commonly known as a bin chicken in Australia

White ibis wild bird, also known as great egret or heron walking on grass in town park in summer.

Beautiful Pantanal landscape, South America, Brazil. Nature and wildlife along famous Transpantaneira dirt road.

A bare-throated Tiger-Heron hunting in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.

A closeup shot of a white beautiful ibis bird grooming itself on a tree

Great egret hunting for fish or frogs in the wetlands at Lake Martin, a bald cypress swamp outside Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA

White Ibis resting on a park bench in the morning sun.

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