- Buff-necked Ibis
Taxobox
name = Buff-necked Ibis
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 225px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Ciconiiformes
familia =Threskiornithidae
genus = "Theristicus "
species = "T. caudatus"
binomial = "Theristicus caudatus"
binomial_authority = (Boddaert, 1783)The Buff-necked Ibis, "Theristicus caudatus", also known as the White-throated Ibis, is a medium-sized, approximately 76cm long,South America nibis . It has a buffish neck, black bill, grey upperparts, reddish legs, partly white wing, and is black below. Both sexes are similar.Its appearance resembles the
Black-faced Ibis , distinguished by its white wings and for having less extent of buffish breast than the latter species.The Buff-necked Ibis lives in the woodlands, marshes, savanna, lakes and open forests of the eastern regions of South America, from
Colombia toUruguay and northern parts ofArgentina . Its diet consists mainly of insects, spiders, frogs, reptiles, snails, invertebrates and small mammals found in soft soils. The female usually lays between two to four eggs in a platform nest on trees, made from twigs and branches.Widespread throughout its large habitat range and with an estimated population size of 25,000 to 100,000 birds, the Buff-necked Ibis is evaluated as Least Concern on the
IUCN Red List of threatened Species.References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
External links
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=377 Buff-necked Ibis videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3782&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=49625 IUCN Red List]
* [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/images/stories/borderland/gallery_photos/venezuela/buff-necked%20ibis.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/content/view/50/72/ Article] borderland-tours
* [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/brazilss/BuffNeckedIbis-1649ss.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/brazilbirds.html Article] chandra.as.utexas.edu
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