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.
Overwintering White-faced Ibis in flight
Title: Overwintering White-faced Ibis in flight
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/28/2019
White-faced Ibis in a frozen marsh
Title: White-faced Ibis in a frozen marsh
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/28/2019
White-faced Ibis with frost on its tail
Title: White-faced Ibis with frost on its tail
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/8/2018
White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage all fluffed up
Title: White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage all fluffed up
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/16/2018
White-faced Ibis with a wet head
Title: White-faced Ibis with a wet head
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/16/2018
White-faced Ibis with very muddy feet
Title: White-faced Ibis with very muddy feet
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
One really white faced White-faced Ibis
Title: One really white faced White-faced Ibis
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
White-faced Ibis with its wings up
Title: White-faced Ibis with its wings up
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Adult White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Title: Adult White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Adult White-faced Ibis preening its belly
Title: Adult White-faced Ibis preening its belly
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
White-faced Ibis wing lift
Title: White-faced Ibis wing lift
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2016
White-faced Ibis settling its feathers
Title: White-faced Ibis settling its feathers
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2017
Preening adult White-faced Ibis
Title: Preening adult White-faced Ibis
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2016
White-faced Ibis in nonbreeding plumage preening at Bear River
Title: White-faced Ibis in nonbreeding plumage preening at Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2017
White-faced Ibis foraging at Farmington Bay
Title: White-faced Ibis foraging at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/27/2016
White-faced Ibis lift off
Title: White-faced Ibis lift off
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2016
Box Elder County White-faced Ibis
Title: Box Elder County White-faced Ibis
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2016
White-faced Ibis in a marsh
Title: White-faced Ibis in a marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2016
White-faced Ibis and fall colors
Title: White-faced Ibis and fall colors
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2015
Resting juvenile White-faced Ibis
Title: Resting juvenile White-faced Ibis
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2015