Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 (1/800th sec at tf/11. Click image for larger version) DescriptionL: 48-66 cm WS: 80-105 cm Breeding adults have reddish-brown bodies and shiny bottle-green wings. Non-breeders and juveniles have duller bodies. This species has a brownish bill, dark facial skin bordered above and below in blue-gray (non-breeding) to cobalt blue (breeding), and red-brown legs. This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas. An increasing number of non-breeding visitors are seen in northwestern Europe, a region where Glossy Ibis records historically were very rare. Glossy Ibises feed in very shallow water and nest in freshwater or brackish wetlands with tall dense stands of emergent vegetation such as reeds, papyrus (or rushes) and low trees or bushes. This species is migratory; most European birds winter in Africa, and in North America birds from north of the Carolinas winter farther south. This species is of Least Concern. Sightings
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