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[[Image:Black-faced_Ibis.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|canutus|canutus}}<br /> Calafate, [[Santa Cruz]], [[Argentina]]]]
 
[[Image:Black-faced_Ibis.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|canutus|canutus}}<br /> Calafate, [[Santa Cruz]], [[Argentina]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Theristicus|Theristicus]] melanopis
 
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'''Includes: Andean Ibis'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
[[Image:BFI DSC 1377forum.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Sussex+bird+man|Sussex bird man}}<br />Laguna Nimez, Calafate, [[Argentina]], November 2005]]
 
[[Image:BFI DSC 1377forum.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Sussex+bird+man|Sussex bird man}}<br />Laguna Nimez, Calafate, [[Argentina]], November 2005]]
Black-faced Ibis ''Theristicus melanopis'' and Andean Ibis ''T. branickii'' have for a while been considered separate species. With the latest update of Clements checklist, there is now a majority of checklists that recommend lumping these two.  
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Two subspecies accepted which are sometimes considered full species:
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* ''T. m. melanopis'' (Black-faced Ibis)
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* ''T. m. branickii'' (Andean Ibis)
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With the latest update of Clements checklist, there is now a majority of checklists that recommend lumping these two forms in one species.  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Wet grasslands, open grassy and agricultural fields, salt lagoons, arid sandy areas.
 
Wet grasslands, open grassy and agricultural fields, salt lagoons, arid sandy areas.
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Their nests can be found in woodland, on cliffs and in rocky gullies. The clutch consists of two eggs, which are incubated by the female for 28 days.
 
Their nests can be found in woodland, on cliffs and in rocky gullies. The clutch consists of two eggs, which are incubated by the female for 28 days.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Image:Andean_Ibis.jpg|thumb|350px|right|''T. m. branickii'', Andean Ibis <br />Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}} (Alejandro)<br />Ticlio, 4800 meters above sea level in [[Lima]], [[Peru]]]]
 
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Photo by canutus
Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Theristicus melanopis

Includes: Andean Ibis

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador, coastal Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile and Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego.

Taxonomy

Photo by Sussex bird man
Laguna Nimez, Calafate, Argentina, November 2005

Two subspecies accepted which are sometimes considered full species:

  • T. m. melanopis (Black-faced Ibis)
  • T. m. branickii (Andean Ibis)

With the latest update of Clements checklist, there is now a majority of checklists that recommend lumping these two forms in one species.

Habitat

Wet grasslands, open grassy and agricultural fields, salt lagoons, arid sandy areas.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, molluscs. The will also take small chicks and mammals.

Breeding

Their nests can be found in woodland, on cliffs and in rocky gullies. The clutch consists of two eggs, which are incubated by the female for 28 days.

References

T. m. branickii, Andean Ibis
Photo by BirdsPeru (Alejandro)
Ticlio, 4800 meters above sea level in Lima, Peru
  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. ArKive
  4. BF Member observations

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