Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} scratching sequence 2/2, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} foraging in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} with tag, foraging amongst wetland vegetation, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} wading in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} wading amongst wetland vegetation, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} feeding amongst wetland vegetation, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} feeding in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Silhouettes of Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} with wings outstretched standing in water, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} with tag, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} with tag, displaying in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} wading in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} wading in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} dispalying in wetland, sequence 1/2, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} wading in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} standing in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} portrait, in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} wading in wetlands, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} standing amongst water vegetation, Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} feeding amongst wetland vegetation, Donana NP, Spain

Bruno D'Amicis / Waldrapp / Bald / Hermit ibis (Geronticus eremita). Endangered species, Captive. Alpenzoo, Innsbruck, Austria

Pete Oxford / Madagascar crested wood ibis (Lophotibis cristata) on nest, Ankarafantika Special Reserve. Deciduous dry forest of western MADAGASCAR, endemic

Rod Williams / Black faced ibis {Theristicus melanopis melanopis} captive, from South America

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) wading, Khawr Taqah, Oman

Keith Scholey / Sacred ibis feeding in lake (Threskiornis aethiopicus) Lake Baringo, Kenya

Rolf Nussbaumer / Immature White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. May 2003

Rolf Nussbaumer / American Wood Ibis / Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) with beak open, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. December 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) silhouetted against rising sun, Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. June 2003

Rolf Nussbaumer / Group of American Wood Ibis / Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. June 2003

Rolf Nussbaumer / American Wood Ibis / Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) in shallow water, Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA. December 1998

George McCarthy / Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) with winter plumage, New Mexico, USA

George McCarthy / Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) with winter plumage, New Mexico, USA

George McCarthy / Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) with winter plumage, wading through shallow water, New Mexico, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) feeding at shoreline, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. December 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Portrait of immature American Wood Ibis / Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. June 2003

Kerstin Hinze / Southern Bald Ibis (Geronticus calvus) at breeding colony on steep rocks, Mooi River Falls, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Shattil & Rozinski / White faced ibis {Plegadis chihi} Zapata ranch, Colorado, USA

Adrian Davies / Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) standing on branch, South America

Bernard Castelein / Portrait of Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Kim Taylor / Scarlet Ibis {Eudocimus ruber} group feeding in marshland, Trinidad, West Indies.

Kim Taylor / Scarlet Ibis {Eudocimus ruber} group in flight, Trinidad, West Indies.

Kim Taylor / Scarlet Ibis {Eudocimus ruber} small flock in flight, South America. [Trinidad, West Indies DC]

Steven David Miller / Australian / Indonesian white Ibis {Threskiornis molucca} balancing on dead tree branch, Mapleton, Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Australian / Indonesian White Ibis {Threskiornis molucca} balancing on dead tree branch, Mapleton, Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Australian / Indonesian White Ibis {Threskiornis molucca} standing on dead tree branch over water, Queensland, Australia.

Hermann Brehm / Buff necked ibis {Theristicus caudatus melanopis} Torres del Paine NP, Chile

Patricio Robles Gil / Wattled ibis {Bostrychia carunculata} Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

DAVID TIPLING / White ibis feeding in swamp (Eudocimus albus) Corkscrew Swamp NWR, Florida, USA

Doug Perrine / Scarlet ibis {Eudocimus ruber} flying to roost, Caroni swamp, Trinidad, Caribbean

LYNN M. STONE / Flock of White ibis flying {Eudocimus albus} Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Tom Vezo / White Ibis {Eudocimus albus} Everglades NP, Florida, USA.

Tom Vezo / White Ibis immature {Eudocimus albus} walking amongst vegetation, Texas, USA.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Indonesian white ibis {Threskiomis molucca} Kakadu NP, Australia.

Pete Oxford / Two Scarlet Ibis {Eudocimus ruber} in flight, Coroni swamp, Trinidad.

Tom Vezo / White ibis (Eudocimus albus) feeding in shallow water, Florida, USA

Thomas Lazar / White ibis (Eudocimus albus) feeding in water, Meyers Beach, Florida, USA

George McCarthy / White ibis (Eudocimus albus) standing in water, Florida, USA

Pete Oxford / Portrait of Aldabra scared ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica abbotti), Picard Island, Seychelles

Tony Heald / Hadada ibis (Hagedashia hagedash) mother feeding two chicks at nest, Addo Elephant Park, South Africa

David Kjaer / Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) feeding in river on the Island of Lesbos, Greece

David Kjaer / Glossy ibis wading {Plegadis falcinellus} Lesbos, Greece

Thomas Lazar / White ibis portrait (Eudocimus albus) Florida, USA

Pete Oxford / Juvenile Aldabran sacred ibis {Threskiornis aethiopicus} abbotti Aldabra, Seychelles.

Steven David Miller / White ibis (Endocimus albus) in tree Florida. Everglades NP, USA.

Bernard Castelein / Hadada ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Roger Powell / Australian / Indonesian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) flying, Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Australian / Indonesian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) flying. Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Australian / Indonesian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) flying with nesting material. Victoria, Australia

Rolf Nussbaumer / White faced ibis {Plegadis chihi} preening, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / White Ibis {Eudocimus albus} profile, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / White faced ibis {Plegadis chihi} feeding, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

David Tipling / White ibis feeding in swamp. (Eudocimus albus) Florida, USA Corkscrew swamp NWR, bald cypres

Roger Powell / Indonesian / Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) fighting, Victoria, Australia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Puna ibis {Plegadis ridgwayi} Oruro, Bolivia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Scarlet ibis feeding {Eudocimus ruber} Trinidad

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Flock of Scarlet ibis in flight {Eudocimus ruber} Canelas Is, Brazil

Tony Heald / Glossy ibis feeding {Plegadis falcinellus} Etosha NP, Namibia, non breeding plumage

Tony Heald / Glossy ibis feeding {Plegadis falcinellus} Etosha NP, Namibia, non breeding plumage

Tom Vezo / White faced ibis wading {Pledagis chihi} Texas, USA

Richard Du Toit / Hadeda ibis {Hagedashia / Bostrychia hagedash} Chobe, Botswana

Steven David Miller / Scarlet ibis standing on one leg {Eudocimus ruber} Florida, USA

Barry Mansell / White ibis pair + chicks at nest {Eudocimus albus} USA.

Andrew Parkinson / Sacred ibis {Threskiornis aethiopicus} Khwai river, Moremi GR, Botswana

Tom Vezo / White faced ibis preening {Pledagis chihi} Texas, USA

Tom Vezo / White faced ibis feeding {Pledagis chihi} Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / White ibis {Eudocimus albus} Sanibel Is, Florida, USA

Chris Gomersall / Hermit ibis flock flying to roost {Geronticus eremita} Morocco

David Kjaer / Glossy ibis {Plegadis falcinellus} Lesbos Greece

Jean E. Roche / Hermit ibis preening {Geronticus eremita}

Dave Watts / Hermit ibis, critically endangered {Geronticus eremita} from Morocco

Jabruson / Sacred ibis {Threskiornis aethiopicus} Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Bernard Castelein / Hadada ibis {Hagedashia hadedash} Lake Victoria, Kenya

Paul Hobson / Glossy ibis group preening {Plegadis falcinellus} Lesvos, Greece

Peter Blackwell / Sacred ibis in flight {Threskiornis aethopicus} Masai mara NR, Kenya

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hermit / Northern bald ibis flock in flight {Geronticus eremita} Berecik, Turkey