Southern Bald Ibis

Southern Bald Ibis

Taxobox
name = Southern Bald Ibis


image_caption =
image_width = 250px
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Ciconiiformes
familia = Threskiornithidae
subfamilia = Threskionithinae
genus = "Geronticus"
species = "G. calvus"
binomial = "Geronticus calvus"
binomial_authority = (Boddaert, 1783)

The Southern Bald Ibis ("Geronticus calvus") is a large bird found in open grassland or semi-desert in the mountains of southern Africa.

This large, glossy, blue-black ibis has an unfeathered red face and head, and a long, decurved red bill. It breeds colonially on and amongst rocks and on cliffs, laying 2-3 eggs which are incubated for 21 days before hatching. It feeds on insects and other small creatures.

References

* Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is vulnerable.

Media


Southern_Bald_Ibis_in_a_nest_with_youngImage:Geronticus_calvus.ogg|Video_of_the_Geronticus_calvus_at_Disney

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3792&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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