Photos : Rick Stevens
WAustralian White IbisW
(Threskiornis molucca)
Tip Turkey, Bin Chicken, Rubbish Raptor, Dumpster Chook - the Australian White Ibis goes by several unflattering names. However, it is a true, urban, success story, scavenging in cities across Australia, as wetlands have been greatly declining. Wildlife photographer Rick Stevens has photographed numerous ibises in the city of Sydney and many have been published as part of 'Australian Cities Week'. There are up to 9,000 ibises in the Sydney region alone, twice as many as in the country's inland wetlands,
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