{"id":24586,"date":"2012-10-30T15:28:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:08","slug":"glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas.This species is migratory; most European birds winter in Africa, and in North America birds from north of the Carolinas winter farther south.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Glossy Ibis\u00a0<i>Plegadis\u00a0falcinellus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-145-24586\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-958\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-6.jpg\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-957\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-5.jpg\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-956\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-4.jpg\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-955\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-3.jpg\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-954\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-2.jpg\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-953\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-1.jpg\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) \" 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This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas.This species is migratory; most European birds winter in Africa, and in North America [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":837546,"parent":17620,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[749,1648],"class_list":["post-24586","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-glossy-ibis","tag-plegadis-falcinellus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24586\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}