Hadeda ibises (Bostrychia hagedash) are one of the most familiar species of birds across sub-Saharan Africa. They are large, long-legged birds with long, thin beaks for probing invertebrates out ...

Long before we teach our children the word “wildlife,” they know the Hadeda. It’s not something we plan—it just happens. That ...

The hadeda ibis, with its long curved bill, stirs passions in Johannesburg, where it’s lauded in a popular children’s song and reviled for its foghorn honk and droppings.

The hadeda has a call that’s less melody and more soul-piercing scream. Its sound is akin to a creature announcing the apocalypse, delivered with the volume of an air horn.

A hadeda that was saved by a kind member of the public is now free after it was kept overnight at the Kloof and Highway SPCA. Charlene Wannenburg of Kloof said her love for animals could not let ...

A HADEDA has been found with a nearly metre-long arrow through its torso. The Kloof and Highway SPCA found the bird last Friday in a household garden when the homeowner saw the struggling bird and ...