Ibises, Spoonbills

Spot-breasted Ibis

Bostrychia rara

The Spot-breasted Ibis (Bostrychia rara) is an 866 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family
Ibises, Spoonbills
Order
Pelecaniformes
Weight
866 g
Habitat
Wetland
Diet
Invertebrates
Migration
Resident
Countries recorded
12

Recorded in Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Central African Rep., Gabon, Cameroon, Eq. Guinea, Uganda, Liberia, Angola.

Where to see it: LuiKotale Camp (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Sangha lodge (2,9860,16,2323) (Central African Republic); Sangha Lodge (Central African Republic); Odzala NP · Mboko Camp (Republic of the Congo); Meno River (Côte d'Ivoire).

Photo: Niklas Weber, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons