I saw this flock of 30 odd black and white birds last month flying very high over Sydney Olympic Park. At the time, looking at the pics, the best i could come up with was Pied Cormorants. But re-visiting the photos today, i doubt that is correct. As usual the pics are not good, but they were very high up - maybe someone can suggest an id.
Thanks for looking!
At first I thought Pied Cormorants too, but iti looks like they have the bill of an Ibis? Were they flyinng in a v formation or all over the place?
Sunshine Coast Queensland
The look like straw-necked Ibis to me :)
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I agree
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Canberra
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Yes that is what I was thinking too
Sunshine Coast Queensland
The first picture was the complete group so not a V formation.
Thanks everyone for help with the id.
Thats my first sighting of a straw necked ibis.