David Tipling / Cattle Egret {Bubulcus ibis} feeding around White Rhinoceros, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

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

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

Tom Vezo / Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) eating a frog, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Jose B. Ruiz / Cattle egrets gathering at roost {Bubulcus ibis} Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Cattle egrets at roost {Bubulcus ibis} Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Cattle egret portrait {Bubulcus ibis} Spain.

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

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Cattle egret portrait {Bubulcus ibis} Sun Farms, Sohar, Oman

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

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

Jabruson / Cattle egrets in pond with Forest buffalo {Bubulcus ibis} forest clearing, Odzala NP Rep.

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

Xi Zhinong / Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) flying over water, Yang Xian, Shaanxi, China

Tom Vezo / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) juvenile perched on branch, calling, Florida

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) standing in low tide, stirs up prey with one foot, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

Thomas Mangelsen / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) wading in shallow water, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida

Thomas Mangelsen / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) portrait, Estero Beach near Fort Meyers, Florida

Konrad Wothe / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) expanding wings, North America

Jim Brandenburg / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) flock foraging in tidal flats, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Cattle egret portrait {Bubulcus ibis} Oman

Gabriel Rojo / White faced ibis in marsh {Plegadis chihi} Argentina

Thomas Lazar / White ibis feeding on crabs, Florida, USA

Hermann Brehm / Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) Bare faced ibis (Phimosus infuscatus) & White ibis (Eudocimus albus) flying, Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela, South Amercia.

Mike Wilkes / Cattle egret {Bubulcus ibis} Texas, USA.

Dietmar Nill / Cattle egret flock in flight {Bubulcus ibis} Extremadura, Spain

George McCarthy / White ibis, Evergaldes, Florida, USA

George McCarthy / White ibis feeding in water in the Everglades, Florida, USA

Juergen Freund / White ibis flock in swamp, Florida Panhandle, USA

Steven David Miller / White ibis in non-breeding plumage {Eudocimus albus} Corkscrew swamp sanctuary, Florida, USA

Barry Mansell / American wood ibis pair at nest {Mycteria americana} Everglades, Florida, USA, North America

Steven David Miller / White ibis feeding in shallow water. (Endocimus albus) Florida Keys, USA.

Richard Du Toit / White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) feeding near Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis), Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

Steve Gettle / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Pete Oxford / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) wading, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Robin Chittenden / White ibis (Eudocimus albus) feeding, Costa Rica, March

Robin Chittenden / White ibis (Eudocimus albus) in river, Costa Rica, March

Onne van der Wal / American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) in flight off Sanibel Island, Florida, USA.

Barry Mansell / White ibis {Eudocimus albus} chick hatching from egg, USA

Barry Mansell / Flock of White ibis {Eudocimus albus} taking off, Merrit Is, Florida, USA

Pete Oxford / Australian Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) walking onto land, North Stradbroke Island, Australia

Pete Oxford / Australian Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) standing in water, North Stradbroke Island, Australia

Mitsuaki Iwago / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing stream with Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis) overhead, Serengeti

Thomas Mangelsen / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) portrait, Estero Beach near Fort Meyers, Florida