Ibis

Its “hieroglyph representing a bird (Remler, 91)”

The one most liked by Thoth is this representation, with a long beak, black neck (as well as its legs, and end of tail), and white-feathered body. Thoth could also be represented in this bird-like form, which made its killing illegal in the Egyptian world. The cult to Thoth was made most popular in the Ptolemaic period. Birds in this period were farmed to be mummified and then used as ritual offerings. These kinds of votive offerings of mummified birds were the center of the cults for Saqqara and Tuna el Gabel. The ibis was also represented on tomb walls, as well as amulets and miniature statues/statuettes. These miniature representations were also made “by the thousands for pilgrims for the cult centers (Remler, 91)”. These representations of the iris on walls made it as far as Pompeii, “wandering freely in the Isis temples (Remler, 91)”.

Source: Egyptian Mythology A to Z