Prakruti Parichay
ThreskiornithidaePlegadis

Glossy Ibis

P/egadis falcinellus

55–65 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident and winter visitor. Mainly W and S subcontinent. Small, dark ibis with rather fine downcurved bill. Graceful in flight, with extended slender neck, somewhat bulbous head, and legs and feet projecting well beyond tail. Adult breeding deep chestnut. glossed with purple and green; as narrow white surround to bare lores. Adult non - breeding duller. with white streaking on dark brown head and neck. Juvenile similar to adult non - breeding, but is dark brown with white mottling on head, and on lyfaint greenish gloss to upperparts. Walks in shallow water or wades belly-deep while probing rapidly into water and mud. Freshwater marshes and large lakes. flooded grassland and paddy-fields.

Colour

ChestnutPurpleGreen
Average size
60 cm
Habitat
Walks in shallow water or wades belly-deep while probing rapidly into water and mud. Freshwater marshes and large lakes. flooded grassland and paddy-fields.
Behaviour
Resident and winter visitor., as narrow white surround to bare lores. Adult non - breeding duller. with white streaking on dark brown head and neck. Juvenile similar to adult non - breeding, but is dark brown with white mottling on head, and on lyfaint greenish gloss to upperparts.

About this bird

Resident and winter visitor. Mainly W and S subcontinent. Small, dark ibis with rather fine downcurved bill. Graceful in flight, with extended slender neck, somewhat bulbous head, and legs and feet projecting well beyond tail. Adult breeding deep chestnut. glossed with purple and green; as narrow white surround to bare lores. Adult non - breeding duller. with white streaking on dark brown head and neck. Juvenile similar to adult non - breeding, but is dark brown with white mottling on head, and on lyfaint greenish gloss to upperparts. Walks in shallow water or wades belly-deep while probing rapidly into water and mud. Freshwater marshes and large lakes. flooded grassland and paddy-fields.

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Glossy Ibis is bigger than Lesser White-fronted Goose but smaller than Indian Spot-billed Duck.

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Glossy Ibis

P/egadis falcinellus

55–65 cm