The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill, and black legs.

The ibis (/ ˈaɪbɪs /) (collective plural ibises; [1] classical plurals ibides[2][3] and ibes[3]) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. [4] " Ibis" derives from the Latin and Ancient Greek word for this group of birds.

The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a large wading bird widespread across much of Australia. While it is closely related to the African sacred ibis, the Australian white ibis is a native Australian bird - contrary to urban myth, it is not a feral species introduced to Australia by people, and it does not come from Egypt.

Meet the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) including their appearance, diet, habitat, range, lifespan, breeding and behavior.

The Australian white ibis, also known fondly known by Aussie locals as the “bin chicken”, is a species of bird native to Australia and is widely distributed throughout the country, from the arid outback to the coastal regions.

This nomadic bird can fly large distances in search of food sources with one white ibis banded in Perth discovered in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s. With an entirely white body and a black featherless head and neck, the Australian white ibis is famous for …

Despite being a very intelligent and fascinating species, the Australian White Ibis is better known among city-dwelling people as the “bin chicken” or “bin chook” because of its tendency to scavenge food wastes from rubbish bins in parks and …

Threskiornis is a genus of ibises, wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae. They occur in the warmer parts of the Old World in southern Asia, Australasia and Sub-Saharan Africa. They are colonial breeders, which build a stick nest in a tree or bush and lay two to four eggs.

The Australian White Ibis is common and widespread in northern and eastern Australia, and both its range and abundance in western Australia is expanding, despite its absence from Western Australia prior to the 1950s.

Have you ever seen an ibis? Perhaps you know them affectionately as ‘bin chicken’. What if I told you there are actually three species of ibis in Australia! The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca AKA bin chicken), the straw-necked ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) and the glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus).