Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Black-headed Ibis / Oriental Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), Karnataka, India

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Black-headed Ibis / Oriental Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), Karnataka, India

Roland Seitre / Hermit / Northern bald ibis (Geroniticus eremita) breeding project of the Jerez de la Frontera Zoo, Cadiz, Spain. Keeper with juvenile birds on open land, keepers wear ibis helmets to limit human impr...

Roland Seitre / Hermit / Northern bald ibis (Geroniticus eremita) breeding project of the Jerez de la Frontera Zoo, Cadiz, Spain. Keeper with two chicks pecking his face, keepers wear ibis helmets to limit human impr...

Barrie Britton / Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) in flight, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Secrets of the Caribbean" TV Series, January 2006

Tim Laman / Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) and Snowy egret {Egretta thula} flying out from their mangrove roosting trees before sunrise in the Caroni Swamp, Caroni Bird Sanctuary, Trinidad.

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

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

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Plumbeous ibis {Theristicus caerulescens} Beni, Bolivia

Gabriel Rojo / Buff necked ibis {Theristicus caudatus} Lanin NP, Argentina

Rod Williams / Hermit / Waldrapp / Northen bald ibis {Geronticus eremita} portrait. Captive.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Glossy ibis, winter plumage {Plegadis falcinellus} Everglades, Florida, USA