What is the shiny ibis?

The shiny ibis is a dark -colored bird that has a long, curved beak and lives mainly in coastal areas and wetlands. It is known as Plegadis Falcinellus in the scientific community. This type of bird is often called Shorebird in North America and is sometimes called a wading bird. It has an oval body and a long neck, long legs and a long curved beak. The shiny Ibis has a dark, brick red head, neck and chest and its back, wings and tail are glossy, glossy green. His beak and legs are dark brown or gray. Young birds who have not fully burned have similar color, but are muted.

Shiny ibis lives in coastal areas and wetlands. Its preferred habitat includes swamps, swamps and flooded fields near wooded areas. It can be found around the world in warmer areas of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South American and Australia. In North America, during the warmer months, you will find across the east coast and along parts of the Gulf coast, which is an area from Maine to Texas.During the winter the bird migrates and you can find it south of South Carolina.

Glossy Ibis has a very diverse diet. It eats various foods such as seeds, insects, crayfish, small fish, frogs, small snakes and different types of worms. The glossy Ibis passes slowly across the area and hunt food for food using its long beak to struggle in mud and underwater plants, a feeling of food. It will usually hunt and feed in small groups with other wading birds.

Gloss Ibises steams remain together and related during the reproduction period. The man and the female cooperated and built a fixed round nest. The nest is usually built in a low tree, shrubs or occasionally on the ground in a dense. The glossy Ibis often builds nests on a common area with other water birds such as herons, as well as other Ibises. After the nest position, Ibis lays three to four blue-green eggs.

both male and women ibises incubate eggs about threeweeks. After the egg hatch, the chickens are helpless for a while. Both parents take care of them, who fed them by feeding their food in their beaks. After about a month, the chickens are able to start leaving the nest. At a time when they are about 2 months old, young Ibises are able to go with their parents to hunt food and become independent.