BLACK-HEADED IBIS

Photographed March 2017

(*  999)                 BLACK-HEADED IBIS                  Threskiornis melanocephalus 

SRI LANKA               47

Found on freshwater tanks, marshes and paddy fields. 75 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in lowlands.

BLACK-HEADED IBIS

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

999               BLACK-HEADED IBIS                   Threskiornis melanocephalus

NEPAL                     55

Inhabits flooded fields, rivers, marshes and pools. 75 cm. Resident; mainly recorded in south-east lowlands; may be nomadic depending on water and feeding conditions.