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Glossy Ibis
Glansibis · Plegadis falcinellus
A slim, dark ibis with a long down-curved bill that looks black at a distance but shimmers deep maroon, green and bronze up close. It wanders in search of flooded grassland and muddy shallows, probing for insects, worms and frogs. Numbers rise and fall as it follows the water.
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Looks all dark from afar but in good light glows deep chestnut and bottle-green; slimmer and darker than the Hadeda.
Where to see it in Kruger
Probes muddy edges of pans, floodplains and dams, often in small wandering groups.
Did you know
In sunlight its dark feathers shine purple, green and bronze, like oil on water.
Often confused with
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