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.
Juvenile White-faced Ibis at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Title: Juvenile White-faced Ibis at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2015
Juvenile White-faced Ibis foraging
Title: Juvenile White-faced Ibis foraging
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2015
Adult White-faced Ibis feeding
Title: An adult White-faced Ibis feeding
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2015
White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Title: A White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 5/1/2015
Adult White-faced Ibis at Red Rock Lakes NWR
Title: Adult White-faced Ibis at Red Rock Lakes NWR
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 5/1/2015
Mirrored White-faced Ibis
Title: Mirrored White-faced Ibis
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2014
White-faced Ibis preening
Title: White-faced Ibis preening
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2014
Preening White-faced Ibis
Title: Preening White-faced Ibis
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2014
Nonbreeding White-faced Ibis
Title: Nonbreeding White-faced Ibis
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2014
Landing White-faced Ibis
Title: Landing White-faced Ibis
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2014
Calm White-faced Ibis
Title: Calm White-faced Ibis
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2014
Foraging White-faced Ibis
Title: Foraging White-faced Ibis
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2014
White-faced Ibis portrait
Title: White-faced Ibis portrait
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2014
Preening White-faced Ibis Pretzel
Title: Preening White-faced Ibis Pretzel
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2014
White-faced Ibis in flight
Title: White-faced Ibis in flight
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2011
Spring time White-faced Ibis
Title: Spring time White-faced Ibis
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/20/2011
White-faced Ibis at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Title: White-faced Ibis at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2009
White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage at Bear River MBR
Title: White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/15/2010