Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus

Brazilian name: curicaca
Buff-necked Ibis, Serra de Babylônia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, April 2001 - click for a larger image Brazil

The Buff-necked Ibis is found in the Magdalena valley of Colombia and on the eastern side of the Andes from Venezuela to northern Argentina and Uruguay.

Buff-necked Ibis, Emas, Goiás, Brazil, April 2001 - click for a larger image It is a distinctive bird with its long decurved bill, black face and buffy head neck and chest with rusty crown and lower chest. Note also the white on the wings, the red legs and the black underparts and tail.

It is found in savannas and pastures often quite distant from water.

Buff-necked Ibis, Emas, Goiás, Brazil, April 2001 - click for a larger image The second and third photos show a pair roosting in a tree being disturbed by a pair of Blue-and-yellow Macaws (Ara ararauna). I assume that the raised wing of the ibis is part of a threat posture.

Photo 4 shows an immature which has a pale head with narrow brown streaks.

Immature Buff-necked Ibis, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, December 2006 - click for a larger image There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto.

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