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The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning "sickle" and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.
Scientific Name : Plegadis Falcinellus
Family : Threskiornithidae
Order : Pelecaniformes
Class : Aves
Type : Ibises And Spoonbills
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 48 – 66 cm
Compare Size : Kite
Wingspan : 80 – 105 cm
Weight : 485 - 970 g
Migratory : Resident Migrant
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : May - July
Other Names :
Hindi : कोवर, छोटा बाज
Marathi : चिमणा कंकर
Habitat:
feed in very shallow water and nest in freshwater or brackish wetlands with tall dense stands of emergent vegetation such as reeds, papyrus or rushes) and low trees or bushes. They show a preference for marshes at the margins of lakes and rivers but can also be found at lagoons, flood-plains, wet meadows, swamps, reservoirs, sewage ponds, paddies and irrigated farmland.
Breeding:
2 - 3, Blue - Green
Feeding:
larval insects such as aquatic beetles, dragonflies, damselflies, grasshoppers, crickets, flies and caddisflies, Annelida including leeches, molluscs (e.g. snails and mussels), crustaceans (e.g. crabs and crayfish) and occasionally fish, amphibians, lizards, small snakes and nestling birds.
Male & Female | |
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Head | In Non-breeding plumage chocolate-brown with with white striations; In Breeding plumage reddish-brown without striations |
Lores | dark-grey bare skin; bordered above and below in dull blue-grey (looks white from distance) in Non-breeding plumage and cobalt-blue in Breeding plumage |
Neck | In Non-breeding plumage chocolate-brown with with white striations; In Breeding plumage reddish-brown without striations |
Bill | In Non-breeding plumage grey with very little pink colouration; In breediing plumage more pink |
Wing | In Breeding plumage shiny bottle-green, In Non breeding pumage less of shiny bottle-green |
Underparts | In Non-breeding plumage chocolate-brown; In Breeding plumage reddish-brown |
Legs | In Non-breeding plumage grey; In Breeding plumage reddish/pink-brown |
Date | Location |
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02 Mar 2019 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
31 Jan 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |