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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Pelecaniformes

Genus
  
Threskiornis

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Threskiornithidae

Higher classification
  
Threskiornis

Black-headed ibis Blackheaded Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Threskiornithidae

Scientific name
  
Threskiornis melanocephalus

Similar
  
Bird, Ibis, Threskiornis, Painted stork, Asian openbill

Birds in their natural habitat it s nesting time for black headed ibis


The black-headed ibis or Oriental white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) 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.

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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 bill into soft mud and often feeds in shallow water with its head momentarily submerged. Like storks and Spoonbills, it lacks a true voice-producing mechanism and is silent except for peculiar ventriloquial grunts uttered when nesting.

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Adults are typically 75 cm long and white-plumaged, with some greyer areas on the wings. The bald head, the neck and legs are black. The thick down curved bill is dusky yellow.In breeding,plumage some slaty grey on scapulars and in wings and ornamental plumes at base of the neck. Sexes are similar, but juveniles have whiter necks and a black bill.

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References

Black-headed ibis Wikipedia