White Ibis

HOW TO IDENTIFY:

* Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 38 inches
* Sexes similar
* Medium-sized long-legged long-necked wading bird
* Long, decurved bill
* Holds neck extended in flight

Adult:

* White body plumage with black tips to outer primaries
* Bill and facial skin pinkish-red
* Red legs

Immature:

* Brown head, neck, back and wings
* White belly
* Orange bill and facial skin
* Dull legs

Similar species:

Adults are unmistakable. Curlews are much smaller, mottled brown and black with white necks and bellies and usually with a distinctive head pattern. The white belly of the immature White Ibis distinguishes it from Glossy Ibis and White-faced Ibis.