Two brown ibises

In general, ibises are medium-sized wading birds. The African hadada ibis is a brown bird, but it has a jaunty red stripe on its upper mandible.

hadada ibis (Columbus Zoo)

Hmm. Not entirely brown.

The North American white-faced ibis is also brown. (You know where this is going, right?)

white-faced ibis (Columbus Zoo, May 7, 2018)

I think the Zoo's two white-faced ibises hatched in 2018.

July 25, 2018

August 7, 2018

Where's the white face? It's part of the bird's breeding plumage. I hope to see breeding plumage in person later this year.