Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Hadada Ibis, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Ghana & Ethiopia
June 2011

The Hadada Ibis is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara except in the south-west. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.
Hadada Ibis, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image It is found near streams and rivers in woodland and in marshes, mangroves and forest edges where it feeds on insects, spiders, crustaceans, snails and earthworms.

It is dull brown with a pale malar stripe and a green gloss on the wing coverts.

It can be quite a noisy bird with a loud, nasal call.
Hadada Ibis, Mole National Park, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

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