White-faced Ibis Images and Information:
Plegadis chihi
- White-faced Ibis are dark, long-legged wading birds with decurved bills and metallic bronze plumage.
- White-faced Ibis are primarily found west of the Mississippi River and are migratory. Their range sometimes overlaps with the Glossy Ibis that is found east of the Mississippi River along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
- They are declining in their range where continuing threats such as development and draining of wetlands is occurring.
- The largest nesting colony of White-faced Ibis is in the marshes of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
- Preferred habitats include salt and freshwater marshes, brushy islands, irrigated land, flooded pastures and damp meadows.
- The diet of White-faced Ibis includes terrestrial insects, crustaceans, frogs, snails, small fish, leeches, spiders and aquatic insects and their larvae.
- White-faced Ibis are colonial nesters, they lay between 2 to 5 eggs which take 17 to 26 days to hatch. Both sexes incubate.
- A group of Ibis can be called a “congregation”, “stand” and “wedge” of ibis.
- White-faced Ibis can live up to 14 years.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my White-faced Ibis photos.
White-faced Ibis with prey at Sequoyah NWR
Title: White-faced Ibis with prey at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 9/30/2024 […]
White-faced Ibis foraging at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: White-faced Ibis foraging at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 9/30/2024
Two White-faced Ibis overwintering at Bear River MBR
Title: Two White-faced Ibis overwintering at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2024
Winter White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR
Title: Winter White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2024
White-faced Ibis walking in an autumn wetland
Title: White-faced Ibis walking in an autumn wetland
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2023
Leaning White-faced Ibis preening
Title: Leaning White-faced Ibis preening
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2023
Preening White-faced Ibis in fall
Title: Preening White-faced Ibis in fall
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2023 […]
Adult White-faced Ibis foraging in wetlands
Title: Adult White-faced Ibis foraging in wetlands
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/25/2022
Immature White-faced Ibis scarfing up breakfast
Title: Immature White-faced Ibis scarfing up breakfast
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/5/2022
Immature White-faced Ibis eating breakfast
Title: Immature White-faced Ibis eating breakfast
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/5/2022
Fall immature White-faced Ibis standing in water
Title: Fall immature White-faced Ibis standing in water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/5/2022
Immature White-faced Ibis foraging in water
Title: Immature White-faced Ibis foraging in water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/5/2022
White-faced Ibis with its feathers aglow
Title: White-faced Ibis with its feathers aglow
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/12/2022
White-faced Ibis glowing in morning light
Title: White-faced Ibis glowing in morning light
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/12/2022
Foraging White-faced Ibis close up
Title: Foraging White-faced Ibis close up
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/12/2022
White-faced Ibis foraging in filamentous algae
Title: White-faced Ibis foraging in filamentous algae
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/12/2022
White-faced Ibis foraging in duckweed
Title: White-faced Ibis foraging in duckweed
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/12/2022
Young White-faced Ibis at the edge of a marsh
Title: Young White-faced Ibis at the edge of a marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Adult White-faced Ibis in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Title: Adult White-faced Ibis in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Foraging adult White-faced Ibis
Title: Foraging adult White-faced Ibis
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022