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Black-faced Ibis

Theristicus melanopis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesUrbanPlatform nestHuge · 1.5 kg
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 1
Photo: Frank Vassen(Grasmücke) · CC BY 2.5
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 2
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 3
Photo: Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) · Public domain
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 4
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 5
Photo: Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) · Public domain
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 6
Photo: Eduardo Schmeda from Frutillar, Chile · CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 7
Photo: Raf24~commonswiki · CC BY 4.0
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 8
Photo: U.L.IWikipedii · CC0
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 9
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis), photo 10
Photo: jimbox at piqs.de · CC BY 2.0 de

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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 Black-faced 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 Black-faced Ibis

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 6 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.

Chile Argentina Ecuador Peru Bolivia Falkland Islands

Recorded as a rare visitor in Belgium, Germany.

About the Black-faced Ibis

The black-faced ibis is a species of bird in the family Threskiornithidae. It is found in grassland and fields in southern and western South America. It has been included as a subspecies of the similar buff-necked ibis, but today all major authorities accept the split. The black-faced ibis also includes the Andean ibis as a subspecies. Some taxonomic authorities still do so.

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Easily confused with

Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus) Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatusIt has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in). Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens) 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. Andean Ibis (Theristicus branickii) Andean IbisTheristicus branickiiIt has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in).

Side by side: Black-faced Ibis vs Buff-necked Ibis · Black-faced Ibis vs Green Ibis · Black-faced Ibis vs Plumbeous Ibis

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