Ibises, Spoonbills

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

The Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) is a 1.2 kg grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Ibises, Spoonbills

Order

Pelecaniformes

Weight

1.2 kg

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

31

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Botswana, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Namibia, Gambia, Senegal, Lesotho, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Spain, Benin, Gabon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Eq. Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Chad, Burundi, Belgium.

Where to see it: Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden (South Africa); Hotel Source du Nil, Bujumbura BI-Bujumbura Rural (-3,3763,29,3585) (Burundi); Lesotho - Maphutseng Valley (Lesotho); Lake Kivu · Tchegera Island (Ile des Cochons) (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Nyarutarama Area · Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park (Rwanda).

Photo: (c) Timothy Whitehead, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist