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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. This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas.
1369 AMERICAN WHITE IBIS Eudocimus albus
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The American white ibis is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from the southern half of the US East Coast (from southern New Jersey, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia), along the Gulf Coast states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas) and south through most of the Caribbean coastal regions of Central America.
Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behaviour is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.
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| Photographed at Pipiroa, North Island, New Zealand, February 2024 |
(*511) GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
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Rae Australian vagrant. Found in the margins of freshwater lakes and swamps, and damp pastures. Occasionally irruptions into New Zealand. A pair bred at Wainono Lagoon, South Canterbury in 2014/15.
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| Photographed March 2017 |
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| Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017 |
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| Photographed in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Park, Nepal March 2017 |
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| Photographed at Deniliquin, February 2015 |
