Australian white ibis: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian white ibis lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Threskiornis molucca
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	69 g (birth weight); 2.01 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.61 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Threskiornithidae

Where does the Australian white ibis live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian white ibis in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Australian white ibis?

Wikidata records the following for the Australian white ibis: mass 69 g (birth weight); 2.01 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.61 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the Australian white ibis endangered?

The Australian white ibis’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian white ibis?

The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the family Threskiornithidae, genus Threskiornis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian white ibis

The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill, and black legs. While it is closely related to the African sacred ibis, the Australian white ibis is a native Australian bird. Contrary to urban myth, it is not a feral species introduced to Australia by people, and it does not come from Egypt.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian white ibis (revision 1379975967), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q667540 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).