Nick Murray
Honours student, Griffith University
Biologist, Ecosure
Email: nmurray@ecosure.com.au
Supervisors:
Dr Jean-Marc Hero
Dr Darryl Jones
Introduction
The Australian White Ibis has increased in both range and numbers since European settlement. Recently, urban populations of
Australian White Ibis have been established and have increased considerably
since the 1970’s. Despite the problems associated with elevated Australian White
Ibis populations in urban areas, few studies have investigated ibis in urban
environments. In this study, diurnal movements, foraging ecology and site
fidelity of Australian White Ibis in urban environments was investigated.
MethodsA total of eleven Australian White Ibis were fitted with a battery powered radio-transmitter. Each ibis was also fitted with a number stainless steel ABBBS leg band. The technique used for attaching the radio transmitters to Australian White Ibis was a backpack harness.