Birds of Ecuador

    PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)  
Genus: Plegadis (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Marievale Nature Reserve, South Africa  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found worldwide usually in or near wetlands.

Puna Ibis
Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
Cusco, Peru  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.



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