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Australian Bird Photographs   Order: Ciconiiformes (Storks, Egrets & relatives)

Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises & Spoonbills)

The family Threskiornithidae, Ibises and Spoonbills, are large terrestrial and wading birds distinguished by their diagnostic bills. They feed by touch - Ibises probing with long, down-curved bills, and Spoonbills sweeping laterally through shallow water with their spoon-shaped bills.

Totals for this page: 14 Photographs, 5 Species
 
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