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Australian White Ibis

• Element 1: Emblem

  Aesthetics - large flying bird

  The Australian White Ibis is a large wading bird defined by its long bald black head and neck with a long black down-curved beak, specialised for digging out aquatic invertebrates (such as mussels and crayfish.)

• Element 2: Pattern

  Diet - human scraps

  The Ibis diet has changed to encompass human scraps as well as their natural diet of insects, crayfish and mussels.