Black Headed Ibis caught in flight
even though Egrets, Grey/Blue Herons, Night Herons etc are found in great numbers in the marshes of alamatti backwaters, The Black Headed Ibis are found rarely, Their Black Head and pure white body make them stand out in a crowd of egrets.
The Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia from northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka east up to Japan. It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 2 - 4 eggs.
It occurs in marshy wetlands inland and on the coast, where it feeds on various fish, frogs and other water creatures, as well as on insects. It walks about actively on marshy land probing with its.. more
Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
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Uploaded Feb 10, 2015. Captured Dec 18, 2014 10:54.
