White-faced Ibis at 6 weeks. (Photo: Marie
Travers/IBRRC)
Common name:
White-faced Ibis
Latin name:
Plegadis chihi
Family:
Threskiornithidae
Length:
22 inches
Wing span:
37 inches
Weight:
1.3 pounds (610 g)
Habitat:
Freshwater wetlands, including ponds, swamps and marshes.
Notes:
Ibis feed in groups by probing mud flats. Ibises nest in areas where water surrounds emergent vegetation, bushes, shrubs, or low trees.They also use flooded rice fields as feeding locations.
