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Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus(Linnaeus, 1766)
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- PELECANIFORMES
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- Genus
- Plegadis
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The glossy ibis is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning "sickle" and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Worldwide but disjunctly: south Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, central and south Asia to Philippines, Sulawesi, Java and Australia; also east and Gulf coasts of north America, Caribbean and north Venezuela
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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