ocr: IBISES AND SPOONBILLS SPOON- ESPITE BELONGING to the same family, SHAPED - U ) - ibises and spoonbills find their BEAK food in different ways. Ibises have a curved beak with a pointed tip, and they feed mainly by probing, either in water or BARE THROAT on land. When feeding, a Some ibises and spoonbill wades through water, spoonbills have areas ofbare skin sweeping its partly open beak from side to side. If its beak touches an animal, the beak instantly shuts. PARTLY WHITE SPOONBIL WEBBED The. spoonbill's beak is sensitiPe FEET to touch, enabling it to catch food that it cannot see. This is ve ...
