Order: Pelecaniformes - Family: Threskiornitidae Habitat: Rural areas and marshes

Like Bare-faced Ibis this ibis is practically a bird of passage or stays a short while.

All records since January 2014

Sounds
© Diego Caiafa

Adult
15-10-05 © Roberto Ares Bill long, decurved and blackish with rosy tinge. Rosy legs. Unfeathered area on face, red with a white line in alternate plumage Besides the white line, in alternate plumage looks dark chestnut with iridiscent green wings 15-12-07 © Roberto Ares
21-12-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian In flihgt in V formation. Legs extend beyong tail 5-11-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian

15-10-06 © Roberto Ares 13-10-06 © Roberto Ares Very sociable. Forms big flocks.

Juvenile
12-2014 © Dolores Fernández With white spots on head and neck.

With the Bare-faced Ibis juvenile

This juvenile appeared and stayed in the reserve for two months and a half. Another juvenile ibis, but a bare-faced one, also stayed.
13-12-14 © Dolores Fernández	13-12-14 © Dolores Fernández
11-1-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian	14-1-15 © Nicolás Giorgio
16-1-15 © Victoria Mansilla	17-1-15 © Nicolás Giorgio
31-1-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian	7-2-15 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
20-2-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian	27-2-15 © Ignacio Agudelo

Dieta
17-12-05 © Roberto Ares The White-faced Ibis detects food using the tactile sensors on the bill. It introduces the bill in soft substrates such as mudflats or areas covered with grasses. A long and decurved bill facilitates the penetration into the substrate. It feeds on invertebrates, seeds, reptiles and amphibians. 15-10-06 © Roberto Ares17-1-15 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

More photographic records since January 2013