Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Family: Ibises and spoonbills
Glossy Ibis is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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The young can leave the nest after about seven days, but the parents continue to feed them for another 6 or 7 weeks.
Glossy ibises feed in very shallow water and nest in freshwater or brackish wetlands with tall dense stands of emergent vegetation such as reeds, papyrus and low trees or bushes.
Preferred roosting sites are normally in large trees which may be distant from the feeding areas.