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Ibises and Spoonbills

Ibises and Spoonbills

5 Bird Species
Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Resembles an all-dark curlew, with a long, down-curved bill (noticeably thicker than a shorebird bill), small head, long thin neck, slender body, long legs. Adult breeding (alternate plumage): looks black from a distance, but in good light is mostly dark chestnut. Back and wings are dark green with g more...

Length: 58 cm Wingspan: 91 cm

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Unmistakable, pink wading bird, with long bill that is flat and spoon-shaped at the end. Alternate-plumaged adult: featherless buffy head with black nape/ collar. Gray bill with black markings. Red eye. White neck with buffy sides of lower neck. White breast and upper back. Pink lower back, rump, tai more...

Length: 71 cm Wingspan: 127 cm

Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

This brilliant red ibis is nearly unmistakable. Adult is entirely bright reddish-pink with long pink legs, long decurved pink bill, and black eye. In flight, note small black wingtips. more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 97 cm

White Ibis

White Ibis

Long-legged wader with medium-long neck and long, decurved bill. Alternate Adult: white plumage overall with black wingtips; bare red face. Red bill and legs. Bluish eye. First-year: paler red bill, face and legs. Mottled brown and white on wings and upper back, white back and rump, finely streaked b more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 97 cm

White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Medium-sized wader that resembles an all-dark curlew. Has a heavier down-curved gray bill, long legs and long neck. Breeding adults look black from a distance but are mostly bright glossy chestnut-maroon overall when seen at close range. Back and wings are glossy dark green and highly iridescent. Fac more...

Length: 58 cm Wingspan: 91 cm

  • Glossy Ibis

    Glossy Ibis

    6 Photographs
  • Roseate Spoonbill

    Roseate Spoonbill

    9 Photographs
  • Scarlet Ibis

    Scarlet Ibis

    0 Photographs
  • White Ibis

    White Ibis

    11 Photographs
  • White-faced Ibis

    White-faced Ibis

    22 Photographs

Non-vegetated-areas-sm

Non-vegetated Areas

0 species

Salt-water-sm

Salt Water

5 species

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands
Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves
Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves
White Ibis

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands
Human-altered-areas-sm

Human-altered Areas

3 species

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands
White Ibis

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands
Fresh-water-sm

Fresh Water

5 species

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands
Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves
Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves
White Ibis

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands
Grassland-and-scrubland-sm

Grassland and Scrubland

2 species

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands
White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands
Forest-and-woodlands-sm

Forest and Woodlands

1 species

White Ibis

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
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