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The ibises (pronounced ) are a group of long-legged wading bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s in the family Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills....
. They all have long down curved bills, and usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustacean
Crustacean

Crustaceans are a large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species , and are usually treated as a subphylum . They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles....
s. Most species nest in trees, often with spoonbill
Spoonbill

Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly-opened bill from side to side....
s or heron
Heron

The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.Within the family, all members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and - including the Zigzag Heron or Zigzag Bittern - are a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae....
s. The word ibis comes from Greek, originally borrowed from Ancient Egyptian hîb.

Sacred Ibis
Sacred Ibis

The Sacred Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in Sahara Desert Africa, SE Iraq and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth....
 was an object of religious veneration
Veneration

In Christianity, veneration , or veneration of saints, is a special act of honoring a saint: a dead person who has been identified as singular in the traditions of the religion....
 in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
, particularly associated with the god, Thoth
Thoth

Thoth, , though variations are accepted , was considered one of the more important god of the Egyptian pantheon, often depicted with the head of an Sacred Ibis....
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The ibises (pronounced ) are a group of long-legged wading bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s in the family Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills....
. They all have long down curved bills, and usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustacean
Crustacean

Crustaceans are a large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species , and are usually treated as a subphylum . They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles....
s. Most species nest in trees, often with spoonbill
Spoonbill

Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly-opened bill from side to side....
s or heron
Heron

The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.Within the family, all members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and - including the Zigzag Heron or Zigzag Bittern - are a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae....
s. The word ibis comes from Greek, originally borrowed from Ancient Egyptian hîb.

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The Sacred Ibis
Sacred Ibis

The Sacred Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in Sahara Desert Africa, SE Iraq and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth....
 was an object of religious veneration
Veneration

In Christianity, veneration , or veneration of saints, is a special act of honoring a saint: a dead person who has been identified as singular in the traditions of the religion....
 in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
, particularly associated with the god, Thoth
Thoth

Thoth, , though variations are accepted , was considered one of the more important god of the Egyptian pantheon, often depicted with the head of an Sacred Ibis....
. At the town of Hermopolis
Hermopolis

Hermopolis Magna or simply Hermopolis or Hermopolis Megale or Hermupolis is the site of ancient Khmun, and is located near the modern Egyptian town of El Ashmunein in Al Minya governorate....
, ibises were reared specifically for sacrificial purposes and in the Serapeum at Saqqara
Saqqara

Saqqara or Sakkara, Saqqarah is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis, Egypt....
, archaeologists found the mummies of one and a half million ibises and hundreds of thousands of falcon
Falcon

A falcon is any species of bird of prey in the genus Falco. The word comes from their Latin name falco, related to Latin falx because of the shape of these birds' wings....
s.

Species in taxonomic order

  • Genus Threskiornis
    Threskiornis

    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....
    • Sacred Ibis
      Sacred Ibis

      The Sacred Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in Sahara Desert Africa, SE Iraq and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth....
      , Threskiornis aethiopicus
    • Madagascar Sacred Ibis
      Madagascar Sacred Ibis

      The Madagascar Sacred Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family. It is found in Madagascar and Seychelles.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, and coastal saline lagoons....
      , Threskiornis bernieri
    • Réunion Sacred Ibis
      Réunion Sacred Ibis

      The R?union Sacred Ibis or R?union Flightless Ibis , is an extinct birds species that was native to the island of R?union. It is probably the same bird discovered by Portugal sailors there in 1613 and until recently assumed by biologists to be a member of the solitaire family and called the "R?union Solitaire" , classified as a...
      , Threskiornis solitarius extinct
      Extinct birds

      Since 1500, over 190 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all known recently extinct bird taxa originally lived....
    • Black-headed Ibis
      Black-headed Ibis

      The Black-headed Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Pakistan to India, Sri Lanka east up to Japan....
      , Threskiornis melanocephalus
    • Australian White Ibis
      Australian White Ibis

      The Australian White Ibis is a wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae, also known as the "Sheep bird". It is widespread across much of Australia....
      , Threskiornis molucca
    • Straw-necked Ibis
      Straw-necked Ibis

      The Straw-necked Ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis, can be found throughout Australia, New Guinea, and parts of Indonesia. Adults have distinctive straw-like feathers on their neck....
      , Threskiornis spinicollis
  • Genus Pseudibis
    Pseudibis

    The bird genus Pseudibis consists of two South-East Asian species in the ibis subfamily Threskiornithinae. The Giant Ibis is also sometimes placed in this genus....
    • Indian Black Ibis, Pseudibis papillosa
    • White-shouldered Ibis
      White-shouldered Ibis

      The White-shouldered Ibis, Pseudibis davisoni, is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It occurs at a few sites in northern Cambodia, southern Vietnam, extreme southern Laos and East Kalimantan in Indonesia....
      , Pseudibis davisoni
  • Genus Thaumatibis
    • Giant Ibis
      Giant Ibis

      The Giant Ibis, Thaumatibis gigantea, the only species in the monotypic genus Thaumatibis, is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae....
      , Thaumatibis gigantea
  • Genus Geronticus
    Geronticus

    The small bird genus Geronticus belongs to the ibis subfamily . Its name is derived from the Greek g?rontos in reference to the bald head of these dark-plumaged birds; in English they are called bald ibises....
    • Northern Bald Ibis
      Northern Bald Ibis

      The Northern Bald Ibis, Hermit Ibis, or Waldrapp is a bird found in barren, semi-desert or rocky habitats, often close to running water, although unlike other ibises it does not wade....
      , Geronticus eremita
    • Southern Bald Ibis
      Southern Bald Ibis

      The Southern Bald Ibis is a large bird found in open grassland or semi-desert in the mountains of southern Africa.This large, glossy, blue-black ibis has an unfeathered red face and head, and a long, decurved red bill....
      , Geronticus calvus
  • Genus Nipponia
    • Japanese Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon
  • Genus Bostrychia
    Bostrychia

    Bostrychia is a genus of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.It contains the following species:* Wattled Ibis * Hadada Ibis * Olive Ibis ...
    • Olive Ibis
      Olive Ibis

      The Olive Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Sao Tom? and Pr?ncipe, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania....
      , Bostrychia olivacea
    • Dwarf Olive Ibis
      Dwarf Olive Ibis

      The Dwarf Olive Ibis is a critically endangered bird that is endemic to S?o Tom? e Pr?ncipe. Once thought to be a subspecies of the larger Olive Ibis, it is now classified as a distinct species....
      , Bostrychia bocagei
    • Spot-breasted Ibis
      Spot-breasted Ibis

      The Spot-breasted Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda....
      , Bostrychia rara
    • Hadada Ibis
      Hadada Ibis

      The Hadada or Hadeda Ibis, Bostrychia hagedash, is a large , dark brown ibis with a white "moustache", glossy greenish purple wings, a large black Beak with a red stripe on the upper mandible, and blackish legs....
      , Bostrychia hagedash
    • Wattled Ibis
      Wattled Ibis

      The Wattled Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia....
      , Bostrychia carunculata
  • Genus Theristicus
    Theristicus

    Theristicus is a genus of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.It contains the following species:* Plumbeous Ibis * Black-faced Ibis * Buff-necked Ibis ...
    • Plumbeous Ibis
      Plumbeous Ibis

      The Plumbeous Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland, grassland, and pastureland....
      , Theristicus caerulescens
    • Buff-necked Ibis
      Buff-necked Ibis

      The Buff-necked Ibis , also known as the White-throated Ibis, is a medium-sized , South American ibis. It has a buffish neck, black Beak, grey upperparts, reddish legs, and partly white wings, and is black below....
      , Theristicus caudatus
    • Black-faced Ibis
      Black-faced Ibis

      The Black-faced Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and pastureland....
      , Theristicus melanopis
  • Genus Cercibis
    • Sharp-tailed Ibis
      Sharp-tailed Ibis

      The Sharp-tailed Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Cercibis.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
      , Cercibis oxycerca
  • Genus Mesembrinibis
    • Green Ibis
      Green Ibis

      The Green Ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis, is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It is the only member of the genus Mesembrinibis....
      , Mesembrinibis cayennensis
  • Genus Phimosus
    • Whispering Ibis
      Whispering Ibis

      The Whispering Ibis or Bare-faced Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family, in the monotypic genus Phimosus....
      , Phimosus infuscatus
  • Genus Eudocimus
    Eudocimus

    Eudocimus is a genus of ibises, wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae. They occur in the warmer parts of the New World with representatives from the southern United States south through Central America, the West Indies and South America....
    • American White Ibis
      American White Ibis

      American White Ibis is a species of wader bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which occurs from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States south through most of the New World tropics....
      , Eudocimus albus
    • Scarlet Ibis
      Scarlet Ibis

      The Scarlet Ibis is a species of ibis that inhabits tropical South America and also Trinidad and Tobago. It is the national bird of Trinidad and is featured on the Trinidad and Tobago coat of arms along with Tobago's national bird, the Rufous-vented Chachalaca....
      , Eudocimus ruber
  • Genus Plegadis
    Plegadis

    Plegadis is a bird genus in the family Threskiornithidae. It contains the following species:* Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus* White-faced Ibis, Plegadis chihi...
    • Glossy Ibis
      Glossy Ibis

      The Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean region of the Americas....
      , Plegadis falcinellus
    • White-faced Ibis
      White-faced Ibis

      The White-faced Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees....
      , Plegadis chihi
    • Puna Ibis
      Puna Ibis

      The Puna Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitat is swamps....
      , Plegadis ridgwayi
  • Genus Lophotibis
    • Madagascar Crested Ibis
      Madagascar Crested Ibis

      The Madagascar Crested Ibis, Lophotibis cristata also known as the White-winged Ibis or Crested Wood Ibis, is a medium-sized , brown-plumaged ibis....
      , Lophotibis cristata


In culture

The mascot of the University of Miami
University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 in the city of Coral Gables, Florida, Florida, United States, a historic suburb of Miami, Florida....
 is an ibis. The ibis was selected as the school mascot because of its legendary bravery during hurricanes. The ibis is the last sign of wildlife to take shelter before a hurricane hits and the first to reappear once the storm has passed.

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