ABOUT THIS SPECIES
GREEN IBIS – (Species Account Weblog #84)
TAXONOMIC TREE:
- ORDER: Pelecaniformes,
- FAMILY: Threskiornithidae,
- BINOMIAL NAME: Mesembrinibis cayennensis
The Inexperienced Ibis is a dark-colored ibis of wetlands and swampy woods in Central and South America. It’s darkish shiny inexperienced general, however might seem blackish in poor gentle. (from Birds of the World)
SIMILAR SPECIES
In poor gentle, the Inexperienced Ibis could seem just like the Shiny Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), although the latter is extra slender, has longer legs, and is bronzy or purplish in good gentle
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
In Costa Rica we noticed a single Inexperienced Ibis roosting in a big tree close to the Chilamate Rainforest Eco Retreat close to Sarapiqui..
PHOTO GALLERY
**A few of these Picture Gallery pictures (all taken by me) have been taken in different close by nations.
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