| Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis Chilean name: Bandurria |
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Chile and Peru The Black-faced Ibis is distributed in southern Chile and Argentina with a disjunct population in coastal Peru. The southern populations migrate to the pampas of northern Argentina during the austral winter. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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They are usually in open country including meadows and agricultural land as well as marshy areas near lakes and
rivers. They enjoy the damp and photos 1 and 2 were taken on a field that was being irrigated with an overhead spray which the birds were just
loving.
They feed by probing the damp ground with their bills looking for worms, insects, frogs, etc.. |
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They look superficially similar to Buff-necked Ibis
Theristicus caudatus but it has no white on the wings, has a large black wattle on the throat and has a greyish band across the breast.
Photo 5 shows an immature beside an adult. |
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