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White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Plegadis
Species: falcinellus
Binomial name
Plegadis falcinellus

The White-faced Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.

This species breeds in marshes in the southern USA and South America.

It is very similar to Glossy Ibis in its non-breeding plumages, but breeding adults have a pink face with a white border, a grey bill, and redder legs.

Referenced By

Ibis | List of North American birds: non-passerines | North American birds | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex | Threskionithinae

 

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