Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Threskiornis
Species: T. melanocephalus
A large wader with a white body and bare black head and neck. Males and females look similar and both have greyish tail feathers. It probes into the mud and shallow water with its long, down-curved black bill, sometimes submerging its entire head
Image Source: ebird
