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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: SACRED IBIS

Class: Aves

Order: Ciconiiformes

Family: Threskiornithidae

Genus and species: Threskiornis aethiopicus

Common name:
Sacred ibis

Common and widespread, always close to the wet areas, including the coast. Feeds in marshes, grasslands and muddy shores. Gregarious, nests in large colonies and flies in V-formations.

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Sacred ibis