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Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Bronze colored medium sized wader with multi colored hues to wings. Long slightly downward curved beak. Moderately long thin legs. Powder blue outline around eyes

Habitat:

Wetlands

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Comments (4)
Liana
Fantastic images James! They are quite a beautiful bird, I reckon, and you captured the detail so wonderfully (my spotting image is nowhere near this clear!) Thank you for sharing :)
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2016

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