Help would be appreciated with a bird that I've seen a couple of times, first from a train north of Changsha (in paddy-fields with Egrets of various types), and yesterday flying over Changsha city. It looks like a White Ibis, but the black extends further down the neck onto the upper breast (the illustrations of White Ibis in the books I have shows white from the base of the neck down). Thanks in advance.
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China, Hunan Province (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Sancho
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The book I have lists White Ibis as being the same species as Black-Headed Ibis. The black doesn't extend below the neck, although it says that immatures have grey plumes overhanging the tail. The birds I saw definitely had black extending quite far down the breas, and possibly onto the shoulders. Can't find anything like them in books, and don't know where to start on t'Internet!
htcdude
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Thanks Nigel. I can't open that link at the moment (I'm on hols) for some reason, I'll try it when I get home in a few weeks.
