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UrbanLarge · 1.5 kg
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It has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in). The head, neck and lower chest are buffish, the crown and nape are cinnamon, the upperparts and (often incomplete) chest-band are grey, the belly and flight feathers are black, and the wing-coverts are whitish (though not contrasting strongly with the grey upperparts). The bill, throat-wattle and bare skin around the eyes are blackish and the legs are red.
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When to see the Andean Ibis
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Andean Ibis
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Andean Ibis
The Andean ibis is a species of bird in the family Threskiornithidae. It is found in grassland and fields in western South America. This species was considered a subspecies of the black-faced ibis, and some taxonomic authorities still consider it so.
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Easily confused with
Plumbeous IbisTheristicus caerulescensThis large ibis measures 71–77 cm in length, with a wing length of 397-450mm in males and 360-406mm in females.
Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopisIt has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in).
Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatusIt has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in).
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