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GrasslandPlatform nestHuge · 1.7 kg
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It has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in). The neck is buffish, the upperparts are grey, the belly and flight feathers are black, and there is a large white patch in the wings. In flight, where the relatively short legs do not extend beyond the tail (unlike e.g. Eudocimus and Plegadis), the white patch forms a broad white band on the upperwing that separates the black remiges and the grey lesser wing-coverts. The bill and bare skin around the eyes are blackish and the legs are red.
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When to see the Buff-necked 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 Buff-necked Ibis
The map shades 8 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in French Guiana, Peru.
About the Buff-necked Ibis
The buff-necked ibis, also known as the white-throated ibis, is a fairly large ibis found widely in open habitats of eastern and northern South America. It formerly included the similar black-faced ibis as a subspecies, but that species is almost entirely restricted to colder parts of South America, has a buff lower chest, and lacks the contrasting large white wing-patches.
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Easily confused with
Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopisIt has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in).
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 IbisTheristicus branickiiIt has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in).
Side by side: Buff-necked Ibis vs Green Ibis · Black-faced Ibis vs Buff-necked Ibis · Buff-necked Ibis vs Plumbeous Ibis
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