Australian White Ibis

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Frenches Narrows, E Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_4833 20190304

Notes: Common white and black ibis. Adult has bare black head & neck w. broken copper bands
on nape. Breeding: stiff cream plumes on upper breast; band of naked skin along bones of
underwing turns pink-red. Juvenile has dusky feathered head & neck, short bill.
In wetlands, marshes, urban areas.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©

Urangan Pier, Hervy Bay, SE Qld IMG_6274 20190715 - breeding plumage

Freshwater Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_0462 20190808 - breeding plumage. CLICK for another on Cairns
Foreshore, FNE Qld 20240520

Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1484 20210523 - non-breeding plumage

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_1484 20200602 - non-breeding plumage

Pedestrian Overpass, Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_6665 20240519 - adult. CLICK for one on Cairns Foreshore, FNE 20230924.

Cairns Foreshore, FN Qld IMG_9781 20191203 - immature (no copper bands on neck) w. Little Egret.

At footbridge, Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_7971 20240608 - late juvenile: shortish bill, with juvenile Straw-necked Ibis.
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Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_7822 20200630 - juvenile: short bill, dusky feathers on head & neck.

Cairns North Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_1744 20210514 - foraging with silver gulls.

Deniliquin State Forest, S NSW IMG_6085 20200123 - flock circling

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld MVI_1110 20180504 - foraging