Description
SACRED IBIS
Height: 46 cm, length: 50 cm.
Threskiornis aethiopicus.
Distribution
Africa.
Note
Revered and often mummified in Egypt, it was one of the twelve sacred animals associated with the twelve hours of the day and night.
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