THE BIRDS I SAW Home | Birds  | Gallery | Books | Photographers | Checklist | Trip Reports | Login | Register| Contact Us   Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus ) Common Name Sacred Ibis Scientific Name Threskiornis aethiopicus Order Ciconiiformes Family Threskiornithidae Genus Threskiornis Species T. aethiopicus Length - Description The Sacred Ibis is a wading bird. The Sacred Ibis belongs to the Ibis family which breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Iraq and formerly in Egypt. It has also been introduced in France, Italy and Spain. Commonly occurs in marshy wetlands and mud flats. Sacred Ibis can sometimes found on cultivation and rubbish dumps. Identification Nesting Sacred Ibis nests in trees with other large wading birds such as herons. They lay 2-3 eggs on a stick nest, often on a Baobab tree. Feeding Fish, frogs & insects Information updated by Shah Jahan  Common Name(s) Language Name Submitted by Submitted on English African Sacred Ibis Etienne Marais 06/Aug/2007 Sacred Ibis Shah Jahan 21/Jul/2007 Latin Threskiornis aethiopicus Shah Jahan 21/Jul/2007  Fact(s) Fact Submitted by Submitted on  Gallery Photographer: mubi Location: Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Date Taken: 24/Apr/2009 Upload On: 06/Feb/2010 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Lake Beseka Date Taken: 10/Feb/2008 Upload On: 11/Sep/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Lake Ziway Date Taken: 25/Feb/2008 Upload On: 04/Sep/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Lake Ziway Date Taken: 25/Feb/2008 Upload On: 01/Sep/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Lake Ziway Date Taken: 25/Feb/2008 Upload On: 01/Aug/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Sululta Plain Date Taken: 04/Feb/2008 Upload On: 01/Aug/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Lake Ziway Date Taken: 25/Feb/2008 Upload On: 01/Aug/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Lake Ziway Date Taken: 10/Feb/2008 Upload On: 31/Jul/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Ian Fulton Location: Jemmu River Date Taken: 05/Feb/2008 Upload On: 31/Jul/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: mubi Location: Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Date Taken: 24/Apr/2009 Upload On: 13/May/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: mubi Location: Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Date Taken: 24/Apr/2009 Upload On: 13/May/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Shah Jahan Location: Green Mubazarah, Al Ain Date Taken: 24/Apr/2009 Upload On: 07/May/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: Shah Jahan Location: Green Mubazarah, Al Ain Date Taken: 24/Apr/2009 Upload On: 28/Apr/2009 Rating: ****** Photographer: FSquares Location: Al Ain Date Taken: 15/Feb/2008 Upload On: 15/Feb/2008 Rating: ****** Photographer: Trevor Hardaker Location: Intaka Island Wetland Reserve Date Taken: 25/Aug/2007 Upload On: 25/Aug/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Trevor Hardaker Location: Strandfontein Sewage Works Date Taken: 25/Aug/2007 Upload On: 25/Aug/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Nickolay Tilcheff Location: Sydney Date Taken: 16/Aug/2007 Upload On: 16/Aug/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Nickolay Tilcheff Location: Sydney Date Taken: 16/Aug/2007 Upload On: 16/Aug/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Etienne Marais Location: South Africa Date Taken: 06/Aug/2007 Upload On: 06/Aug/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Etienne Marais Location: South Africa Date Taken: 06/Aug/2007 Upload On: 06/Aug/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Etienne Marais Location: South Africa Date Taken: 06/Aug/2007 Upload On: 06/Aug/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Kuo K.K. Location: Hualien County Date Taken: 10/Jul/2007 Upload On: 10/Jul/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Shah Jahan Location: Al Ain Date Taken: 07/Jul/2007 Upload On: 07/Jul/2007 Rating: ****** Photographer: Shah Jahan Location: Ras Al Khor, Dubai Date Taken: 15/Jun/2007 Upload On: 15/Jun/2007 Rating: ******  Sacred Ibis is found in the following countries: 1. Angola 2. Azerbaijan 3. Bahrain 4. Benin 5. Botswana 6. Cameroon 7. Central African Republic 8. Chad 9. Comoros 10. Congo 11. Côte d'Ivoire 12. Czech Republic 13. Djibouti 14. Egypt 15. Equatorial Guinea 16. Eritrea 17. Ethiopia 18. France 19. Gabon 20. Gambia, The 21. Ghana 22. Guinea 23. Guinea-Bissau 24. India 25. Iran 26. Iraq 27. Kazakhstan 28. Kenya 29. Kuwait 30. Lesotho 31. Liberia 32. Lithuania 33. Madagascar 34. Malawi 35. Mali 36. Mauritania 37. Mozambique 38. Namibia 39. Niger 40. Nigeria 41. Oman 42. Papua New Guinea 43. Poland 44. Reunion 45. Russia 46. Rwanda 47. Saudi Arabia 48. Senegal 49. Seychelles 50. Sierra Leone 51. Somalia 52. South Africa 53. Sudan 54. Swaziland 55. Switzerland 56. Tanzania 57. Togo 58. Uganda 59. Yemen 60. Zambia 61. Zimbabwe Site Developed & Maintained by Shah Jahan & Sajna A Iqbal Design By FSquares COPYRIGHT (C) TheBirdsISaw.COM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2007.