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Eurasian Spoonbill. Platalea leucorodia.

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

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

The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya.

the yellow spoonbill is perched on a tree branch

Beautiful wader bird, adult Black-headed ibis, also known as Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis and Black-necked ibis, low angle view, side shot in the morning standing on the agriculture field covered with mudflat in nature of tropical climate, central Thailand.

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) perched on a branch

Rosette spoonill lands on bush in mangrove lagoon

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

A black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), also known as the Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis, and black-necked ibis seen in the wetlands near Airoli in New Bombay in Maharashtra, India

The Eurasian spoonbill or Common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.

Ibis is standing on a tree branch centered in the photo with bright yellow marsh grasses providing the background at Shelter Cove.

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White ibis preening at the Ocala Wetlands Recharge Park.

Sandhill Crane Bernardo Waterfowl Area Bosque, New Mexico USA

In spring the geese return to the north.

Western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in winter plumage hunting for insects on the lawn.

Beautiful water bird, adult Greater white-fronted goose, low angle view, front shot, in the morning foraging and calling with another geese and flocks of another water birds, on riverbank of wild swamp in nature of tropical climate, northernmost province in Thailand.

$Birds in Oiseaux de Djoudj National Park, Sengal\nDjoudj National Bird Sanctuary - UNESCO World Heritage Centre$

An American white ibis in the amazing reserve of Green Cay wetlands in Florida.

White African spoonbill, Platalea alba, as seen from below, standing on rock

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