page_title: List of birds of Australia
section_title: Ibises and spoonbills
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Australia / Ibises and spoonbills
caption_attribution_description: Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia), Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia
context_page_description: This is a list of the wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory. The outlying islands covered include: Christmas, Cocos, Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard/McDonald. The list includes introduced species, common vagrants and recently extinct species. It excludes species only present in captivity. 957 extant and extinct species are listed.
  There have been three comprehensive accounts: the first was John Goulds Birds of Australia, the second Gregory Mathews, and third was the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds.
  The taxonomy originally followed is from Christidis and Boles, 2008. Their system has been developed over nearly two decades and has strong local support, but deviates in important ways from more generally accepted schemes. Supplemental updates follow The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.
  This list also uses British English throughout. Any bird names or other wording follows that convention.
context_section_description: Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae
  5 species recorded [5 extant native]
  
  Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.
caption: Royal spoonbill
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