Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Order

CICONIIFORMES

Family

Ibises (Threskiornithidae)

Code 4

GLIB

Code 6

PLEFAL

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Red-brown with green and purple gloss.
Forehead Color: Red-brown with green and purple gloss.
Nape Color: Red-brown
Throat Color: Red-brown
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 58 cm (23 in)
Weight: 538-623 g (19-22 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: Brown, Rufous or Rust, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts: Red-brown.
Upperparts: Red-brown with green and purple gloss.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with purposeful wingbeats and short glides, characteristic profile due to outstretched drooping neck and slightly droopy legs.
Wingspan Range: 91 cm (36 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Red-brown with green and purple gloss.
Under Tail: Red-brown
Leg Color: Gray-green

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