Bird Identifier

Bird Encyclopedia

Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.

Straw-necked Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

A striking black-and-white Australian ibis famous for forming huge nomadic flocks that follow outbreaks of grasshoppers and locusts.

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Sacred Ibis

Sacred Ibis

A striking white ibis with a bare black head and neck, revered in ancient Egypt, now widespread across African wetlands and farmland.

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Northern Bald Ibis

Northern Bald Ibis

A dramatic, bald-headed ibis with glossy black plumage and a shaggy neck ruff, once widespread but now one of the world's rarest birds outside a handful of strongholds.

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Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

A brilliant, all-scarlet wading bird of South American mangroves, its vivid color built directly from the crustaceans it eats.

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White Ibis

White Ibis

A familiar bright-white wading bird of the American South, with a curved pink bill and legs, often seen probing lawns and marshes for crayfish.

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Hadada Ibis

Hadada Ibis

A loud, grey-brown African ibis famous for its raucous 'ha-ha-ha-hadada' call, often heard echoing over gardens and cities at dawn.

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Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

The world's most widespread ibis, a dark, iridescent wading bird with a long down-curved bill found on wetlands across the globe.

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White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

A dark, iridescent ibis of western wetlands, closely resembling the Glossy Ibis but marked by a thin band of white feathering around its red eye and face during breeding.

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Australian White Ibis

Australian White Ibis

A large white ibis with a bare black head, once a rural wetland bird, now an iconic and highly adaptable scavenger in Australian cities.

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Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

A stocky, short-necked white egret closely associated with grazing livestock, whose remarkable natural range expansion made it one of the most successful bird colonizations in modern history.

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Wood Stork

Wood Stork

A large white stork of the Americas with a bald, scaly grey-black head and neck, famous for hunting fish by feel in shallow water.

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Nene

Nene

Hawaii's state bird and the world's rarest goose, a buff-necked, black-faced goose descended from Canada Geese that adapted to life on volcanic terrain.

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Yellow-billed Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

A striking African wading bird with mostly white and pale pink plumage, black flight feathers, and a long, curved yellow bill.

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