White ibis Eudocimus albus

Identification Tips:

• Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 38 inches
• Sexes similar
• Medium-sized long-legged long-necked wading bird
• Long, decurved bill
• Holds neck extended in flight

Adult:

• White body plumage with black tips to outer primaries
• Bill and facial skin pinkish-red
• Red legs

Immature:

• Brown head, neck, back and wings
• White belly
• Orange bill and facial skin
• Dull legs

Similar species:

Adults are unmistakable. Curlews are much smaller, mottled brown and black with white necks and bellies and usually with a distinctive head pattern. The white belly of the immature White Ibis distinguishes it from Glossy Ibis and White-faced Ibis.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.