Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Found in Africa south of the Sahara North Yemen and Southern Iraq Once held sacred by the Egyptians Well adapted to human presence feeding in cultivated fields and even rubbish dumps at the edges of towns as well as its original habitat of marshy ground at the edges of lakes and rivers Feeds and roosts in large or small flocks and flies in flocks in V formation
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Photo credit: © Louise Heusinkveld / Alamy / Afripics
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