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Common Name

Glossy Ibis

Alternate Names

Common Type

Ibis

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae

Genus

Plegadis

Species

falcinellus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Kenya, Texas,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Partially Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Shallow water and marshes at lagoons, flood plains, wet meadows, swamps, reseroirs, sewage ponds, irrigated farmland and at the edges of lakes and riers.

Distribution and Range

Sub Sahara Africa, Australia, southwest Asia, Indian Subcontinent, southeast US, Caribbean

Food

Insects, leeches, molluscs, crustaceans, fish, amphibians, lizards and small birds

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