Ibises and spoonbills are closely related. Their most striking difference is in bill shape, with the ibises having curved bills and the spoonbills having straight bills that are broad at the end. Ibises use their bills to probe in mud, while spoonbills move their side to side in the water to catch prey. At night they roost in trees that are near and often overhanging water.





Genus Bostrychia

Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash   Found: Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - South Africa  2) Dick Daniels - South Africa   3) Dick - Tanzania 


Ibis, Wattled  Bostrychia carunculata  Found: Ethiopia and Eritrea
Photographed by: 1, 2) Colleen Taugher  3) Veli



Genus Eudocimus

Ibis, Scarlet Eudocimus ruber   Found: North America (perhaps escaped from captivity), S. America
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - Sylvan Heights    2, 4) Sandy Cole - Birds of Eden, South Africa  3) Dick - Birds of Eden
3, 4) Juvenile


Ibis, White also American White Ibis Eudocimus albus   Found: The Americas
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - North Carolina  6, 7) Dick Daniels in North Carolina  5, 8) Dick - Florida
   4)  Alan D. Wilson  - Laguna Madre Nature Trail, South Padre Island, Texas
Juvenile has brown




Genus Geronticus

Ibis, Northen Bald also Waldrapp Ibis  Geronticus eremita  Found: Africa (mainly Morocco)
Photographed by:  1, 2) Trisha Shears - the Louisville Zoo   3) Dezidor 


Ibis, Southern Bald  Geronticus calvus  Found: southern Africa
Photographed by: 1) Sarefo - Cologne Zoo, Germany  2) Dick Daniels  - Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo 
    3) Dick Daniels  - Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo  4) Dick - San Diego Zoo  
    5) Dick - San Diego Zoo  6) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo




Genus Lophotibis- 1 species
Ibis, Madagascar Crested  Lophotibis cristata  Endemic to Madagascar
Photographed by: 1) Eric Savage at the Bronx Zoo, USA   2) Joe - Bronx Zoo
     3) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo   4) Dick - San Diego Zoo



Genus Mesembrinibis - 1 species

Ibis, Green  Mesembrinibis cayennensis  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1) Dario Sanches in Brazil



Genus Phimosus  - 1 species

Ibis, Bare-faced  Phimosus infuscatus  Found: South America
Photograqphed by: 1, 2) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil



Genus Plegadis

Ibis, Glossy Plegadis falcinellus   Found: The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia Photographed by: 1) Mehmet Karatay   2) J M Garg - India  3) ) Dick - Venice, Florida  
    4) Alan D. Wilson  near The Visitor's Center, Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California
    5) Dick - Flamingo Gardens, Florida 6) Dick - Flamingo Gardens, Florida 
1) Breeding  2, 3) Nonbreeding



Ibis, Puna  Plegadis ridgwayi  Found: South America
Photographed by: Thomas Quine


Ibis, White-faced Plegadis chihi   Found: The Americas Photographed by: 1) Kevin Cole along the Pacific Coast, USA  2) Alan D. Wilson - Green House Lane, Near Burns, Oregon
   3, 4, 5) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5) Juvenile




Genus Pseudibis

Ibis, Red-naped  Pseudibis papillosa  Found: south Asia
Photographed by:  1) J M Garg in Haryana, India  2) Niraj near Gir, Gujarat, India



Genus Theristicus
Ibis, Black-faced  Theristicus melanopis  Found southern South America Photographed by:  1, 2, 3) Cláudio Timm  Calafate, Argentina  4) dFaulder at Puerto Montt, Chile
4) Juvenile


Ibis, Buff-necked also White-throated Ibis  Theristicus caudatus Found: South America
Photographed by Dario Sanches
Note the large white wing area as contrasted with the Black-faced Ibis.


Ibis, Plumbeous  Theristicus caerulescens  Found: South America
Photographer by:  1) Dario Niz - Uruguay  2, 3) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil



Genus Threskiornis

Ibis, Australian White Threskiornis molucca  Found: Australia
Photographed by: 1, 3) Dick Daniels - Australia   2) Dick - Australia


Ibis, Black-headed  Threskiornis melanocephalus  Found: south Asia, India, Japan
Photographed by: 1) Ravi Vaidyanathan  2) J M Garg


Ibis, Sacred Threskiornis aethiopicus   Foumd: Africa  Introduced: Europe
Photographed by:  1) Dick Daniels - Flamingos Wildlife Reserve in Las Vegas.  2) Dick - World of Birds, South Africa 
    3) Steve Garvie - Mida Creek, Kenya  4) Charlie Westerinen - the Okavango Delta in Botswana


Ibis, Straw-necked Threskiornis spinicollis   Found: Australia, New Guinea
Photographed by:  1) Cyron Ray Macey  2) Dick Daniels - Australia   3) Dick - Australia