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Black-faced ibis

(Theristicus melanopis)

Description

It has a total length of approximately 75 centimetres (30 in).The head,neck and lower chest are buffish,the crown and nape are cinnamon,the upperparts and (often incomplete) chest-band are grey,the belly and flight feathers are black,and the wing-coverts are whitish (though not contrasting strongly with the grey upperparts).The bill,throat-wattle and bare skin around the eyes are blackish and the legs are red.The similar buff-necked ibis is almost entirely restricted to warm regions,has contrasting large white wing-patches,a dark grey (not buff) lower chest,and its throat-wattle is smaller than in the black-faced ibis.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:Threskiornithidae
Genus:Theristicus
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