European Birds

Threskiornithidae : Ibises & Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Adult breeding - Donana, Spain - April 2014

Northern Territory, Australia - October 2015

Northern Territory, Australia - October 2015

Northern Territory, Australia - October 2015

Catalonia, Spain - May 2016

immature - Belize - March 2014

immature - Florida, USA - January 2012

Glossy Ibis has a disjointed but wide distribution in areas with mediterranean and tropical climates around the world from southern Europe to Australia. In North America it is found only on the east coast breeding as far north as southern Maine.

Adult - Delaware, USA - June 2002

Immature - Topsham, Devon, England - March 2004

It occurs as a rare vagrant to Britain, although there was a large influx during the spring of 2007 with flocks of over 20 birds were observed in a couple of locations in southern England.