#Threskiornis molucca

[olessan]

[rattyexplores]

The Rubbish Bird

So called because of their new natural habitat, Australian rubbish bins.

Threskiornis molucca

18/03/23

[hasellia]

I present to you the runner up for Australia's 2017 national Bird of the year competition. Everyone give them a chippie.

nothing has fucked me up more than knowing the australian white ibis has a near-identical sister species called the african sacred ibis. the african sacred ibis is associated with thoth, ancient god of wisdom and reason. the australian white ibis is most commonly referred to as a “bin chicken”.

[herpsandbirds]

Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca), family Threskiornithidae, order Pelicaniformes, QLD, Australia

photograph by Kristeen Schulte Baggetto

[drhoz]

Cooleenup Island Species List - BIRDS - June 9th to 11th 2023

12C-18.5C, 2.4mm-12.5mm rain, strong wind on Sunday

(taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2022)

Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Great Egret Ardea alba White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Australian Ibis Threskiornis molucca Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Swamp Harrier (immature) Circus approximans White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Galah Eolophus roseicapilla Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius Redcap Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae Gray Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Gray Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Australian Raven Corvus coronoides Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

[mihaelalimberea]

I photographed this Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) on my January 2023 trip to Kangaroo Island but haven’t edited it until now. Many believe they’re a feral species introduced to Australia, similar to foxes or hares. But these ibises are, in fact, native Australian birds.

[biglisbonnews]

Bin Chicken Island in Melbourne, Australia Bin chickens have made their way into the Macquarie Dictionary otherwise known by the scientific name Threskiornis molucca, or the common name white ibis. From the dictionary to a small island in a Melbourne suburban park, people both love and loathe them. Ibis have entered the Australian English lexicon as, "tip turkeys," "sandwich snatchers," and "picnic pirates." But "bin chickens" are their most common name, due to the habit of raiding rubbish bins for sustenance. With three species native to Australia, these birds have been migrating to urban areas along the east coast of Australia since the 1970s. As a native Australian bird, they are protected under the Wildlife Act 1975. White ibis were first recorded in Melbourne's northern suburbs in 2009. There has been a rapid expansion of the ibis population between 2018-2020. Since then, there has been a growth in the colony of these birds. As a protected habitat the island is perfect for the ibis. In addition, the birds play an important role in natural pest management as they eat small insects, grubs, and fish. The white ibis also usually nest between October and March.  The community has raised concerns about the noise, smell, and behavior of the colony, as well as its impact on the reserve's environment and amenities including damage to vegetation and a reduction in other bird species. It looks like the "bin chickens" are winning the fight on the small island as with many urban areas for now. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bin-chicken-island

[mcyt-as-birds]

Bin Chicken - Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca)

thinking about him

[annanielsson]

Australian White Ibis by Anna Nielsson

[stefaninistefano]

Only a drunk Australian who is missing home would want a smoker bin-chicken tattooed on his arm hehe! It's been a pleasure to do it honey, and I really like how it looks like! 💙 see you soon @andrewmaguny 💙 #Threskiornis #molucca #Threskiornismolucca #ibis #ibistattoo #whiteibis #whiteibistattoo #australianibis #birdtattoo #tattoo #blacktattoo (presso Pianoro)

[vanishingsydney]

A royal bin chook. Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca). Bin chooks are large birds endemic to extensive marshes, more than 600km north-west of here. Sydney's Taronga Zoo released a collected flock in 1971 as a "free-flying exhibit" of their spectacular flight, but they're now superbly adapted as an urban pest species and scavenger, with long legs, necks and curved bills. Droughts drove more birds to the East Coast, and they stayed, bred with the others and became a recognised pest by 1998. They nest in the crowns of the thousands of Canary Island Palm trees planted as work creation projects in Sydney during the Great Depression, have no fear of humans, and they no longer breed in their original range. The Ibis get around in packs throughout the Inner West and they stink. Human garbage is their favoured food and they find paradise in an open dumpster. They make a loud honking sound in flight. Paradoxically, a much loved bird. Paintwork by Nick Sweetman. Newtown.

[nikkidee]

Are we talking common names here? Cause if we're talking common names I'd argue you don't even need to find a new species.

Common names are just, well, commonly used and recognized names. The only "regulated" names are the scientific ones. As my botany professor once told me, if someone asks you for a common name for a species, just make it up because it's as real as any other common name.

For example, since neither are Latin binomial names, "Australian White Ibis" and "Bin Chicken" are both equally valid common names for Threskiornis molucca. Debatably Bin Chicken is the better common name because I could remember it and I could Google it to find the scientific name.

Which is all to say, just pick any bird, give it a nickname, get the nickname to catch on, boom you named a bird.

If you find a new kind of bird can you name it anything? I want to name a bird the Ass Grabber 5000.

i respect the hustle but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t quite work like that

[pitchpine]

Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)

Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

[lobstertribe]

“BIN CHICKEN” AKA “Tip Turkey. An Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) wading (rummaging) in the rubbish in downtown Sydney Done from a Wikipedia photo, so it’s a Virtual Sketchwalk. Another in the Sydney series. Sketched very quickly with a PLATINUM Carbon Desk fountain pen with PLATINUM Carbon ink in a 5.5” x 8” IKEA sketchbook. INKTOBER 2020. #LobstArtstudios #dessinateur #artist #dessin #sketch #drawing #quicksketch #RanDOODLINGdom #croquisrapide #croquis #szkic #platinumcarbondeskpen #platinumcarbon #platinumcarbonink #australianbirdd #sydneybirds #sydneyaustralia #pandemicsketching #sydneY #sydneynsw #blackandwhite #inktober2020 #virtualsketchwalk #binchicken #australianwhiteibis (at Sydney, NSW, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG9ujh7ntbN/?igshid=xs23ra9hw00r

[fineartdandylion]

Visit to Barrambbin (Victoria Park) 09.09.2020 ft. 

Threskiornis molucca Threskiornithidae (Australian White Ibis)

http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/australian-white-ibis

Porphyrio porphyrio Rallidae (Purple Swamphen) 

http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/Purple-Swamphen

Anas superciliosa Anatidae (Pacific Black Duck)

http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/pacific-black-duck

Cracticus tibicen Artamidae ( Australian Magpie)

http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/australian-magpie

[cuteness--overload]

Australian white ibis, aka bin chicken (Threskiornis molucca) eating off the road in Byron Bay, New South Wales [oc]

Source: https://bit.ly/34s86s0