Glossy Ibis (Ibis falcinelle)
Plegadis falcinellus
Summary 7
The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.
Diagnostic description 8
Breeding adult differs from breeding adult white-faced ibis by olive-brown (vs. reddish) bill, brown (vs. red) eyes, gray-green legs with red joints (vs. all-red legs), and lack of a white feathered area adjacent to facial skin; also, in glossy ibis, pale edge of gray facial skin does not extend behind eye or under chin (white-faced ibis adult has white behind eye and under chin). Winter adult differs from winter adult white-faced ibis in usually having a pale line between the eye and bill (line absent in white-faced). In first fall plaumage, indistinguishable from immature white-faced ibis (NGS 1983).
Statut 9
Status : VO
Date d'arrivée record: 5/04/1998 (Notre-Dame-des-Pins)
Date de départ record: 4/11/1997 (Saint-Laurent-de-Gallichan)
Sources and Credits
- (c) WernerRehm, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Ibis_at_ngorongoro.jpg
- (c) idobi, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Hula_167a.jpg
- (c) Geoff Gallice, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5583160771_a055839c4d.jpg
- (c) Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Plegadis_falcinellus_1.jpg
- (c) Hans Stieglitz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Brauner_Sichler-001.jpg
- (c) Lip Kee Yap, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/64565252@N00/7105901847
- Adapted by Roger Simard from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plegadis_falcinellus
- Adapted by Roger Simard from a work by (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14522665
- (c) Roger Simard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
