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TA22 10.4 Australian White Ibis In regional areas, Australian White Ibis (and Straw-necked Ibis) are sometimes called the farmers friend, due to their habit of flocking into areas afflicted by plagues of locusts and gorging on the

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10.4 Australian White Ibis

In regional areas, Australian White Ibis (and Straw-necked Ibis) are sometimes called ‘the farmers’ friend’, due to their habit of flocking into areas afflicted by plagues of locusts and gorging on the ravaging hoards of insects. Birdlife Australia website

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Status

Protected native

species

Considered by

Department of Parks and Wildlife to be a “Pest Species”

“Damage licence”
nly approved as a

last resort eg. Perth Airport due to bird strike risk

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Summary of issue

Present in increased numbers in urban areas around

Australia

Feed on terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates and food

scraps

Scavenge at rubbish tips and in city parks
Travel hundreds of km per day; visiting multiple sites to

feed, nest, roost and loaf (rest)

Visit Tomato Lake to breed
No evidence of negative impact to other fauna / vegetation

at Tomato Lake (i.e. healthy turtle population, breeding spoonbills, vegetation recovers annually)

No feasible method of control at Tomato Lake (egg oiling,

nest tipping or culling)

No legislation exists prohibiting feeding

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What does the City do?

Regularly removes litter from parks
Contacts residents to discourage feeding of ibis

(and other wildlife)

Participates in the EMRC’s Healthy Wildlife,

Healthy Lives project

Keeps informed of new information available

through:

– Perth Airport Bird and Animal Hazard Management Advisory Committee – Australian White Ibis Study coordinated by the Mindarie Regional Council

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What can the community do?

Reduce organics (food waste) disposed to landfill

– Compost bins and worm farms - Civic Centre front counter – Discounts on worm farms, compost bins and bokashi buckets through Switch your thinking’s Rewards for Residents Program

To reduce the food available to ibis, park visitors are

encouraged to:

– Wrap any food scraps and place in a bin immediately – Not to feed the ibis or any other waterbirds.

Advice to residents

– Department of Parks and Wildlife Australian White Ibis “Living with Wildlife” fact sheet available at www.dpaw.wa.gov.au – Brisbane City Council website on how to deter ibis from residential property

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