Ibises, Spoonbills
Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
The black-headed ibis or Oriental white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia from northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka east up to Japan. It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 2–4 eggs.
- Family
- Ibises, Spoonbills
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Weight
- 1.3 kg
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 11
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