Birds of Peru

    PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)  
Genus: Theristicus (2 species, 4 worldwide)


Andean Ibis
Andean Ibis (Theristicus branickii) Near Threatened
Antisana, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.

A large ibis split from the Black-faced Ibis of the southern hemisphere.

Black-faced Ibis
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis)
Laguna Nimez Reserve, El Calafate, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.



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