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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Pelecaniformes
        Family: Threskiornithidae
          Genus: Plegadis
            Species: chihi

White-Faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

A long-legged wader with a long slender decurved bill and chestnut plumage, glossed with green and purple (breeding adult); looks all-dark at a distance; immature and winter birds are dark with some lighter coloring or streaking on the head and neck; averages 58 cm long, 91 cm in wingspan (NGS 1983).

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S3B,S4N

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 22

Number of Mapped Locations: 28

Number of Observations: 226

Observation date range: 09-01-1939 to 11-09-2016

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