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.
Early morning White-faced Ibis flock
Title: Early morning White-faced Ibis flock
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Flock of White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR
Title: Flock of White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
White-faced Ibis close up in fall
Title: White-faced Ibis close up in fall
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/30/2021
White-faced Ibis scratching an itch
Title: White-faced Ibis scratching an itch
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2021
White-faced Ibis on the wing
Title: White-faced Ibis on the wing
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2019
White-faced Ibis minus the invertebrate
Title: White-faced Ibis minus the invertebrate
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
White-faced Ibis scratching the invertebrate
Title: White-faced Ibis scratching the invertebrate
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
White-faced Ibis with coiled invertebrate on its lores next to its bill
Title: White-faced Ibis with coiled invertebrate on its lores next to its bill
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
White-faced Ibis with red invertebrate near the bill
Title: White-faced Ibis with red invertebrate near the bill
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
White-faced Ibis foraging with very muddy feet
Title: White-faced Ibis foraging with very muddy feet
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
White-faced Ibis perched on cattails in the marsh
Title: White-faced Ibis perched on cattails in the marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Perched White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Title: Perched White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
White-faced Ibis perched on cattails at the refuge
Title: White-faced Ibis perched on cattails at the refuge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Perching White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR
Title: Perching White-faced Ibis at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Perched adult White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Title: Perched adult White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
White-faced Ibis in flight over a Farmington Bay marsh
Title: White-faced Ibis in flight over a Farmington Bay marsh
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/15/2019
White-faced Ibis resting on a frozen marsh
Title: White-faced Ibis resting on a frozen marsh
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/28/2019
Two overwintering White-faced Ibis at Farmington Bay
Title: Two overwintering White-faced Ibis at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/28/2019
White-faced Ibis landing in icy water
Title: White-faced Ibis landing in icy water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/28/2019
White-faced Ibis in flight over a frozen marsh
Title: White-faced Ibis in flight over a frozen marsh
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/28/2019