ANIMAL THE MANY AMAZING ANIMALS LIVE ON OUR PLANET ANATOMY GLOSSARY SACRED IBIS IBIS BIRD ADVERTISEMENT IMAGE AFRICAN SACRED IBIS AETHIOPICUS SPECIES SHORES MARSHES SOUTH THE SAHARA THE AFRICAN WADING BIRD BELONGS TO THRESKIORNITHIDAE SOUTHERN FLORIDA THE UNITED THE INFORMATION BELOW FIND BEHAVIOUR LENGTH WINGSPAN PLUMAGE WHITE COLOUR BLACK PLUMES LOWER BACK CURVED NECK SMALL BLACK EYES BILL USED TO PROBE SAND WATER GRASS SOIL FORAGING THE LEGS FEET WADING BIRDS THE WING TIPS PRIMARY FLIGHT FEATHERS DISPLAY BORDER REAR THE WHITE HABITAT COLONIES WATERWAYS WETLANDS FLOOD PLAINS MUD FLATS COASTAL VISIT RUBBISH DUMPS FEEDER DIET FEEDING TO SURVIVE TEMPERATE REGIONS WINTER OMNIVOROUS SCAVENGER INSECTS GRASSHOPPERS INSECT AMPHIBIANS AQUATIC ANIMALS FISH BIRDS BEAK THE SOIL INVERTEBRATES BREEDING TRAVELING GENERALLY OF 2 INDIVIDUALS FLOCK UP TO IBISES FLY IN FORMATION WIND RESISTANCE THE FRONT TAKES SILENT SOMETIMES PRODUCE GRUNTING CROAKING NOISES IN FLIGHT OR AT BREEDING GROUNDS ON THE OTHER HAND VOCAL CLOSE HADEDA IBIS NESTS TREE ON THE GROUND PAPYRUS NEST PLATFORMS STICKS BAOBAB KILOMETRES NORTH THE EQUATOR BREED THE RAINY SEASON MATING PAIRS NESTING REPRODUCTION BREEDS FEMALE LAYS EGGS DAYS LAID FLOODED AREAS DRY SEASON YOUNG DULL FEATHERING THE NECK PARENTS FEED THE CHICKS GUARD THE NEST SITE LARGE ENOUGH THEMSELVES CHICKS FLEDGE 45 DAYS MATURE AT 4 AVERAGE LIFE SPAN CONSERVATION STATUS THE AGREEMENT THE CONSERVATION WATERBIRDS HABITAT DESTRUCTION POACHING INSECTICIDE CAUSED THE DECLINE SEVERAL SPECIES MOVES CROPLANDS HELPING EGRETS AREA ROLE CONTROL CROP AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE USAGE ENDANGERED THE BIRDS YOU KNOW ONCE COMMON EGYPT THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THE GOD WISDOM MASTER OF TOMBS PRACTICAL SAFE ON THE WATER SNAILS LIVER ANCIENT FOSSIL GOING MILLION YEARS LEARN GALAPAGOS WHIMBREL WILLET AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER GALAPAGOS RAIL LAVA GULL INDIAN CUCKOO SEARCH THE ANIMALS POPULAR COWS RED FOX ARCTIC WOLF WOLVES GIRAFFE SPIDER MONKEY WHITE BENGAL TIGER HUNTSMAN SPIDER DUCKS KING COBRA SNAKES TRAPDOOR SPIDER WEASEL RED PANDAS CHICKENS HEDGEHOG MORPHO BUTTERFLY GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE BLACK MAMBA LYNX PEAFOWL PEACOCK GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ANIMAL ANATOMY BRITISH WILDLIFE MAMMALS COPYRIGHT CORNER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED