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Glossy Ibis (nonbreeding)
Plegadis falcinellus
33.733, -96.77
Field Notes
Description:
Breeding adults have reddish-brown bodies and shiny bottle-green wings. Non-breeders and juveniles have duller bodies. This species has a brownish bill, dark facial skin bordered above and below in blue-gray (non-breeding) to cobalt blue (breeding), and red-brown legs. Unlike herons, ibises fly with necks outstretched, their flight being graceful and often in V-formation.
Habitat:
Feeding at the edge of a pond at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge:
http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=21580
Notes:
A dark wading bird with a long, down-curved bill. Although the Glossy Ibis in North America lives primarily along the Atlantic Coast, it also can be found in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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