Birds of the World

    PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)  
Genus: Plegadis (3 species)


White-faced Ibis
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
Range: NA, MA, SA: c USA to c Argentina
Vancouver, Canada  
   
Photograph by Nigel from Vancouver     Copyright and usage info

White-faced Ibis
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) Immature
Range: NA, MA, SA: c USA to c Argentina
Imperial Beach, San Diego County, California, USA  
   
Photograph by Vic Murayama     Copyright and usage info

Similar to the Glossy Ibis, but adults with a white face, red eye and red facial skin. Immatures are quite similar.

Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Range: Worldwide but disjunctly: s Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, c, s Asia to Philippines, Sulawesi, Java and Australia; also e and Gulf coasts of N America, Caribbean and n Venezuela:
Marievale Nature Reserve, South Africa  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found worldwide usually in or near wetlands.

Puna Ibis
Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
Range: SA: n Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina
Cusco, Peru  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.



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