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Help id this ibis (1 Viewer)

pattianne

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Can you help id these ibis? It's difficult for me to distinguish the young white ibis from the white-faced and the glossy. Thanks.
 

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Hi Pattianne,

They look like immature White Ibis, the main giveaway is the pale underparts and especially the way this hooks around onto the mantle near the shoulder. The bird with the paler head is in a slightly more advanced stage of development than the other.

Both White-faced and Glossy Ibis always show completely dark underparts with no shoulder stripe.

Julian
 
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