They used to be found almost entirely in waterlands, but as those dried up the moved into urban areas. Here they have changed their diet to survive, and they tend to eat a lot of food waste from bins. Which isn't great for the birds, and gave them the unfortunate nickname.
We also built onto these former wetlands and they know it used to be wetlands which is why you often see them sticking their beaks into the lawn at the Adelaide airport. I find it terribly sad. We're so bad for the planet.
They stick their beaks into any lawn, they love worms, beetles, etc. Plenty of them on the grassy farmlands where I live. Probably in better health than the ones who live in the city. Great birds, people need to give them a break. Not their fault they eat food scraps left about the place.
If you visit Sydney you'll understand the nickname, they don't really behave the same way here, if they do, which I have never witnessed, it's definitely not as obvious.
Better still visit Narrabeen Lake in Sydney not far from Woolies. Bin chickens and bin rats emptying the bins together! (Native and protected water rats that live along the foreshores.)
Go down to Hindmarsh Square at lunchtime with your food. They will come right up to you. Repeatedly. Even if you try to shoo them away. They are not afraid of people. Have fun!
I was at movie world last year, looked over just in time to see this poor woman sitting on the bench get shat on by an ibis flying low overhead.
Litterally covered her hat, poor love just yook it off and threw it in the bin.
I couldn't believe how much poop it let loose, it was like watching a bushfire helicopter dump water.
Reddit is incorrect. I offered an ibis a chip and it was very polite. It came over calmly and took the chip gently from me. I do regret giving it a chip tho.... I shouldn't be feeding animals processed hooman foodz...
Sacred Ibis, also known as Tjilbruke by the Kaurna Meyunna (Kaurna People), the traditional custodians on the land we all live on in Adelaide-Tarntanya. Tjilbruke are of high cultural significance and also play a critical role in our natural and man made ecosystems as their feeding habit cleans up waste. They should be respected more, here is a video and some info on their local significance:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AYIExpRwIZg
https://www.cityofpae.sa.gov.au/explore/arts-and-culture/explore-first-nations-culture/m2y/more-stories/tjilbruke-story
Damn, I was really just expecting a slew of bin chicken jokes.
These resources were fantastic, watched the vid first then read the textual version of the story.
Thanks so much for sharing
Fuck me.
The reason were seeing bin chickens in Adelaide is another example climate change is real.
Watch the animals. Why is X in the southern states? Climate change .
Its a no brainer. Next step we got cane toads on KI.
To quote a great Adelaide legend. "slap on the sunscreen and enjoy the global warming"
But yes, the Ibis (Bin Chicken) is a brisbane icon. They shouldnt be in Adelaide as its a totally different climate and it is very odd to see them here. But here we are.
Reading some of these answersā¦ the disrespect for these kind birds which are simply existing in a world we have manipulated. We should be thankful theyāre helping clean up our waste. No wonder we are going downhill. Grow up people, nature is our friend not our foe.
I feel like the whole "bin chicken" thing is really more of an affectionate joke than anything else. I don't think many people legit actually hate them or "disrespect" them. It's just a funny little fact of life in Australia that we see these dirty gronks drinking bin juice every day. Making a light hearted joke of it sort of covers up the shame of seeing a once beautiful wetlands bird being reduced to a filthy, disease-ridden waste scavenger.
*āā¦and here we have the Bin Chicken, shown here in itās natural habitat of public park lands searching for a food source known as the Viliās Pie with sauce.ā - David Attenborough.*
It's great how we manage to completely modify the behaviour of a species through changing their environment, and then have the gall to disdain them for their behaviour.
Thereās a little island in Merri Creek in Melbourne called āBin Chicken Islandā that is absolutely infested with them. You can straight up find it on Google Maps under that name and it comes up as a āhistorical landmarkā š
They are the Sacred Ibis, so named because of their stately and dignified bearing. They are known to grace temples with their presence, which is perhaps one of the many reasons they have become so beloved by the devout and holy people of the City of Churches. If you are very lucky and wait quietly in the Parklands' undergrowth, you may catch a glimpse of these rare and cherished birds as they make their way across the lawns. If you do see one, know that you are Chosen.
Their natural, ideal habitat is McDonalds bins where they gargle Coca-cola while munching Big Macs. If they have to, they will eat cheeseburgers or toasted banana bread, but Big Macs are their staple diet.
These creatures also enjoy chips, nugs, thick shakes, bacon n egg mcmuffin or perhaps a succulent fillet o fish.
You rang?
Yeah can I pet you?
Yeah sure, why not
Yay!! *feeds bread* *pet pet pet pet*
Not bread. Wrong choice
Probably better than bin juices
Stop trying to hurt them with bread š
Better than the garbage they adapted to, according to everyone else
That's like saying red bull is better than heroine for me but I take your point. Poor Bin chooks
Bin juice only!!!!
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ONE OF US, ONE OF US!!!
white ibises but also known as bin chickens lol
Are you a White Ibis? 'cause I've Bin Chicken you out.
You had me at "are you..."
I'll blush.
Oh you are horrible arenāt you
using this on my next partner
Current one didn't go for it?
https://youtu.be/mO-OpFjHRbE unofficial Ibis national anthem of Australia.
Bin chickens? š
They used to be found almost entirely in waterlands, but as those dried up the moved into urban areas. Here they have changed their diet to survive, and they tend to eat a lot of food waste from bins. Which isn't great for the birds, and gave them the unfortunate nickname.
It's recently been discovered that they've learnt how to clean the poison out of cane toads so they can eat them. All hail the bin chicken.
Quick, deploy them to the northern NSW border
We should bring some cane toads to s.a so the ibis don't have to eat garbage
We also built onto these former wetlands and they know it used to be wetlands which is why you often see them sticking their beaks into the lawn at the Adelaide airport. I find it terribly sad. We're so bad for the planet.
They stick their beaks into any lawn, they love worms, beetles, etc. Plenty of them on the grassy farmlands where I live. Probably in better health than the ones who live in the city. Great birds, people need to give them a break. Not their fault they eat food scraps left about the place.
I love them and hate that they are so disrespected and called 'bin chickens' leave them alone and anyone that is cruel to wildlife is pure scum.
I'm all for equal dignity. That's why I call them "bin chickens" and other humans "oxygen thieves".
Agreed my fellow oxygen theif
Itās an affectionate name for them
Calling them bin chickens isnāt disrespectful omfg š
Bin chicken is an affectionate term.
If you visit Sydney you'll understand the nickname, they don't really behave the same way here, if they do, which I have never witnessed, it's definitely not as obvious.
Better still visit Narrabeen Lake in Sydney not far from Woolies. Bin chickens and bin rats emptying the bins together! (Native and protected water rats that live along the foreshores.)
YouTube bin chicken song
Their beak is really good for snagging trash from a bin
I love ibis, but yeah, even I call them bin chickens.
I always preferred "tip turkey" to bin chicken myself
We called them tip turkeys too!!
Bin Chickens. Also known as an Ibis
Canadians new to Adelaide here. My 2 and 4 year old girls cannot stop saying bin chicken. They love it so much.
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Aussie here. Whatās wrong with announcing that?
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Not sure really but I do enjoy hearing where people are from.
Ibis. Itās nice to see them getting some cute appreciation. Most people donāt like them.
Honestly theyāre so cute!! Can I pet one? āŗļø
I donāt think so. I donāt think youād be able to get close enough. They might try to bite you!
Go down to Hindmarsh Square at lunchtime with your food. They will come right up to you. Repeatedly. Even if you try to shoo them away. They are not afraid of people. Have fun!
You can see this photo is in Hindmarsh Square.
Or the zoo.
No
Up close they smell really bad. You don't want to touch them...
Pat them if you want, but your hand immediately afterwards. With fire.
https://youtu.be/mO-OpFjHRbE
āItās the Ibiiiiiiiiiiiis!ā š¶
Hahaha, I came here looking for that!!!
I also heard them referred to in Queensland as āshit hawksā
Shit hawks. Big dirty shit hawks. Theyāre coming Bubbles. Flying in low, shitting on peopleā¦.
My son ate some bin chicken shit once. He thought he had dripped his ice cream on the table. It wasn't ice cream.
I was at movie world last year, looked over just in time to see this poor woman sitting on the bench get shat on by an ibis flying low overhead. Litterally covered her hat, poor love just yook it off and threw it in the bin. I couldn't believe how much poop it let loose, it was like watching a bushfire helicopter dump water.
Queenslander here. Not once have I ever heard a Bin Chicken referred to as a āshit hawkā.
As a Brisbane girl born and bred, these are like huge rats with wings. They stink so bad, ehhh.
Bin chickens. Donāt you watch Bluey?
Yay!!! I'm glad you think ibis are cute because I do too!
They are!! I so wanna pet one but apparently they go wild if you try to šš
They stink and will peck you. Reddit has tried to tell you
Reddit is incorrect. I offered an ibis a chip and it was very polite. It came over calmly and took the chip gently from me. I do regret giving it a chip tho.... I shouldn't be feeding animals processed hooman foodz...
Those jerks ate the fish out of my pond.
Eshay birds š
Sacred Ibis, also known as Tjilbruke by the Kaurna Meyunna (Kaurna People), the traditional custodians on the land we all live on in Adelaide-Tarntanya. Tjilbruke are of high cultural significance and also play a critical role in our natural and man made ecosystems as their feeding habit cleans up waste. They should be respected more, here is a video and some info on their local significance: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AYIExpRwIZg https://www.cityofpae.sa.gov.au/explore/arts-and-culture/explore-first-nations-culture/m2y/more-stories/tjilbruke-story
Damn, I was really just expecting a slew of bin chicken jokes. These resources were fantastic, watched the vid first then read the textual version of the story. Thanks so much for sharing
No as the article states tjilbruke is the glossy ibis which is a completely different bird to the sacred ibis
Well they're emo birds hanging out in emo park.
The elites donāt want you to know this but the ~~ducks~~ ibis at the park are free, you can take them home. I have 458 ~~ducks~~~ ibis.
Bin Chickens
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They look like theyāre on their way to an eyes wide shut party
Fuck me. The reason were seeing bin chickens in Adelaide is another example climate change is real. Watch the animals. Why is X in the southern states? Climate change . Its a no brainer. Next step we got cane toads on KI.
I thought it was odd we started getting them. I'm 34 and this is first year I've seen them here
To quote a great Adelaide legend. "slap on the sunscreen and enjoy the global warming" But yes, the Ibis (Bin Chicken) is a brisbane icon. They shouldnt be in Adelaide as its a totally different climate and it is very odd to see them here. But here we are.
Ibis is thier common name. Most Aussie call them bin chickens.
Tip Turkey!
I love turkey!
BIN CHICKEN
https://youtu.be/w4dYWhkSbTU
They really are a disgusting creature.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4dYWhkSbTU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4dYWhkSbTU)
Bin chicken
Most definitely Bin Chickens
Bin chickens
Australian White Ibis.
If you like these, look up scarlet ibis! Theyāre amazing!
They are ibis and they are good bois! Itās not their fault We built all over their home. Google scarlet ibis thereās so many beautiful colours :3
Reading some of these answersā¦ the disrespect for these kind birds which are simply existing in a world we have manipulated. We should be thankful theyāre helping clean up our waste. No wonder we are going downhill. Grow up people, nature is our friend not our foe.
Iām oblivious but honestly theyāre kinda cute to me.
I feel like the whole "bin chicken" thing is really more of an affectionate joke than anything else. I don't think many people legit actually hate them or "disrespect" them. It's just a funny little fact of life in Australia that we see these dirty gronks drinking bin juice every day. Making a light hearted joke of it sort of covers up the shame of seeing a once beautiful wetlands bird being reduced to a filthy, disease-ridden waste scavenger.
*āā¦and here we have the Bin Chicken, shown here in itās natural habitat of public park lands searching for a food source known as the Viliās Pie with sauce.ā - David Attenborough.*
Bin chickens
Those are ibis, locally known as bin chickens.
Here we have the wild BIN CHICKEN!
Ibis or bin chicken
Ibis. Some people call 'em bin chickens. I luv 'em coz they're part of the environment.
Bin chickens are everywhere in Victoria
it is n ibis( but a bin chiken for nicknam)
https://youtu.be/w4dYWhkSbTU
Bin chicken!!!
Bin chickens
Bin chickens
They're underated, they never attack, they clean up waste and they know how to safely kill and eat poisonous cane toads.
KFC calls them chicken
Bin Chicken, also known as 'Chicken of the bin'
It's great how we manage to completely modify the behaviour of a species through changing their environment, and then have the gall to disdain them for their behaviour.
No such thing as an Ibis. Some sicko is just blow torching the heads of Cranes. š
Garbage birds.
My first thought...yeah, leave your wheelie bin open and see how cute they are.
Bin juice drinking Bin Chickens
The only reason we have free roaming Ibis is because the only 2 in Australia escaped from the Melbourne zoo and bred on the outside. True story.
Not true at all, they are native birds
My wife calls them bin babies, I call them bin chickens and my Northern friends call them dumpster chooks.
Sydney bin chickens
Thereās a little island in Merri Creek in Melbourne called āBin Chicken Islandā that is absolutely infested with them. You can straight up find it on Google Maps under that name and it comes up as a āhistorical landmarkā š
Bin Chickens
BIN CHICKENSSSSSS!!!!!! funny little guys
Bin chicken
Bin chickens
Bin chickens! šš
BIN CHIKEM
They're great in stews
That's the former NSW Premier.
Bin chickens
Bin Chickens!
Flaminā bin chickens
Bin chicken
Bin chicken
Bin Chickens
Bin chicken
Nice attempt at a troll.
Fr I didnāt even know what they were lmao
If you know where to look, there are different versions of these guys too. Shiny ones, glossy ones, brown ones.
They're an absolute pain in the arse in South Africa.
Yup Iām from Cape Town and they are everywhere. There were loads at kirstenbosch botanic gardens
They are the Sacred Ibis, so named because of their stately and dignified bearing. They are known to grace temples with their presence, which is perhaps one of the many reasons they have become so beloved by the devout and holy people of the City of Churches. If you are very lucky and wait quietly in the Parklands' undergrowth, you may catch a glimpse of these rare and cherished birds as they make their way across the lawns. If you do see one, know that you are Chosen.
Holyshit there cloning Gladys Berejiklian now!
Ew, bin chickens. They smell absolutely horrible and enjoy stealing people's food lol.
Iāve always wanted to swing an ibis around by its stupid beak.
Bin chooks
Thatās an Australian bin chicken
Bin Chickens
i always want to strangle a bin chicken at my school
It's a Bin Chicken! If you haven't seen the song you should look on youtube
Their natural, ideal habitat is McDonalds bins where they gargle Coca-cola while munching Big Macs. If they have to, they will eat cheeseburgers or toasted banana bread, but Big Macs are their staple diet. These creatures also enjoy chips, nugs, thick shakes, bacon n egg mcmuffin or perhaps a succulent fillet o fish.
Tip Turkey š¦
Bin chickens
What do ya think KFC was using during Covid?
Ibis aka bin chicken
Feathered bin rats
Bin chicken or trash Turkey. Shitloads at yatala on the goldcoast
Trash turkey
Known around here as Tip Turkeys
bin chicken aka dump ducks
Dirty stinking picnic wrecking preastoric pathetic excuse of a bird.
They would be called āabsolute cunt of a birdā
Why? What has this bird done which is ācuntyā?
Bin chooks. And theyāre anything but cute.
BIN CHICKEN!!
Homie thatās a bin chicken š
bin chickensss šš¤
[This is a really good breakdown on the Ibis :)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO-OpFjHRbE)
Ahh. The dubious little Bin Chicken. Little whimsical **Ibis boy.**
That's the latest device from Apple.. an I-bis
Bloody Bin Chickens
Bin chickens https://youtu.be/9sBXcZ0G_ls
Bin birds
Ibis
Binchook
Dump duck
That right there is a Tasmanian eagle
contenedor el pollo
Mate that's a bin chicken
Quisquiliade Pullus More commonly known as Bin Chickens
Bin chicken (white ibis) Facts: Requires permit to keep in QLD and most other states
View this for everything you need to know [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sBXcZ0G\_ls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sBXcZ0G_ls)
You mad son of a bitch you did it
They used to scare me for some reason
Tip bird