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GrasslandPlatform nestLarge · 1.3 kg
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Straw-necked ibises are large birds, around 59–76 cm (23–30 in) long, with a bare black head and a long, downcurved black bill. They have a distinctive, highly iridescent plumage, which can appear fairly uniform dirty dark brown in indifferent light; the wings are dark, with an iridescent, multicoloured sheen in sunlight. They have a shiny blue-black back, with a metallic purple, green and bronze glow, and a dark collar. The upper neck is white, as are the underparts and the undertail; their legs are usually red near the top and dark grey toward the feet.
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When to see the Straw-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 Straw-necked Ibis
The map shades 3 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 New Zealand, Germany.
About the Straw-necked Ibis
The straw-necked ibis is a bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. It can be found throughout Australia, New Guinea, and parts of Indonesia. Adults have distinctive straw-like feathers on their necks.
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Easily confused with
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicusAn adult individual is 68 cm (27 in) long with all-white body plumage apart from dark plumes on the rump.
Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalusThe black-headed ibis is one of several large waterbird species in south and south-east Asia, with adults measuring 65–76 cm in length.
Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieriThe adult stands 65–89 cm (26–35 in) tall, with a wingspan of 112–124 cm (44–49 in).
Side by side: Australian White Ibis vs Straw-necked Ibis · African Sacred Ibis vs Straw-necked Ibis · Black-headed Ibis vs Straw-necked Ibis · Bare-faced Ibis vs Straw-necked Ibis
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