a black bird with a long beak standing in the grass and looking to its left

Save

Plegadis ridgwayi, Puna Ibis

Plegadis ridgwayi, Puna Ibis, family Threskiornithidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are swamps, marshes and lakes, and most of its range is in the Andean highlands, including the puna, but locally it occurs down to sea level. Rather stocky, all-dark ibis of wetlands and lakes in high Andes; also wanders to coastal lowlands, where can be locally numerous. Usually in small groups. Feeds by probing with its downcurved bill.

Peru