Large wading bird with a long slender downward-curving beak (4)

I believe the answer is:

ibis

(Other definitions for ibis that I've seen before include "Near-colourless mineral" , "Large wading birds with down-curved bills" , "Wading bird of tropical waters" , "Wader with a long down-curved bill" , "Bird, sacred to ancient Egyptians" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Telegraph.

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