Straw-necked Ibis

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Kuranda Train Tracks, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_0339 20200522 - female in breeding plumage: complete black breast-band.

Notes: Blackish w. white neck & underparts, iridescent plumage & straw-like neck plumes - which
are absent in juveniles. Adult head & chin naked slate-grey. Black breast band complete only in
breeding female. Legs are usually red near the top , dark grey toward the feet; entirely grey in
juvenile. Nomadic. Typically feeds in grassland habitats, farm paddocks & sporting fields.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©

Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_0529 20180424 CLICK for one at Pioneer Cemetery 20230810

Mundi Gunjil Park, White Rock, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_9644 20200511

Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, N NT IMG_4128 20180729

Centenary Lakes, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_2509 20240806. CLICK for another view.

Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_6646 20210329 and CLICK for one overhead at Glenrowan Caravan Park,
NC Vic, 20211109.

Windjana Gorge, NW WA IMG_0130 20180828

BirdsOnBarron, Mareeba, FN Qld IMG_0492 20180405 - adult behind, juvenile front: head & neck feathered, not bare skin
(but bill not short, some red near top of leg).

At footbridge, Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_7971 20240608 - juvenile, left: head & neck feathered, not bare skin, bill short;
next to juvenile Australian White Ibis. CLICK for another view.

Pioneer Cemetery, Cairns, FN Qld MVI_1135+1134+1136 20180505

Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic MVI_3598+3599 20190519