A genus of birds of the family ciconiidae including wood ibises .

包括林朱鹭在内的鹳科的一个属。

They found that even relatively low levels of methylmercury in the diet of male white ibises caused the birds to pair up with each other , snubbing females .

科学家们发现即使是饮食当中含有相对小量的甲基水银，都可以导致雄性白朱鹭相互交配，而冷落雌性朱鹭。

Order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and ( except for flamingos ) unwebbed feet : herons ; storks ; spoonbills ; flamingos ; ibises .

食鱼涉水鸟类的一目，主要生活于热带沼泽，腿和嘴均较长，脚无蹼（火烈鸟除外）；苍鹭；鹳；篦鹭；火烈鸟；朱鹭。