White-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi)

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The white-faced ibis is an attractive, long-legged wader with a long, decurved bill and metallic bronze plumage. In the breeding season, adults have distinctive white feathers along the edge of their bare facial skin. The species is locally common, nesting in several marshes in the western United States, especially in the Great Basin, and wintering in large flocks in Mexico, western Louisiana, and eastern Texas. This species account provides the known information about the white-faced ibis's life history, including its distribution, migration, habitat, food habits, sounds, behavior, and breeding. Also included are discussion of management and conservation, as well as priorities for future research

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Location: Document is online; note to that effect is at ELECTRONIC FILES - Zoology. (Note also that 1994 print version should be available at the Wildlife Bureau, on reference shelves, in the black-boxed Birds of North America collection of bird monographs.)

Recommended Citation:
Ryder, Ronald A. and David E. Manry. 1994. White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/130 doi:10.2173/bna.130.

SWAP (2/19/2016) Citation:
Ryder RA, Manry DE. 1994. White-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi). The Birds of North America Online. (A. Poole, editor). Ithaca (NY): Cornell Lab of Ornithology. [accessed 2016 Feb 01]. http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/130