Species profile
Glossy/white-faced Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Quick answer
Locally in e N and s S America, Africa, Eurasia to Australasia
- Scientific name
- Plegadis falcinellus
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Genus
- Plegadis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Glossy/white-faced Ibis in your journal
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