Black-faced Ibis
Theristicus melanopis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills
Black-faced Ibis, Theristicus melanopis, breeds in south-west Peru, western Chile and southern Argentina, and is a bird of the family Threskiornithidae. It lives in grassland and fields across southern and western South America. The species was first described in 1789. It is one of four South American ibises placed in Theristicus, and it is treated as separate from the buff-necked ibis by major authorities. The black-faced ibis is also linked with the Andean ibis as a subspecies by some taxonomic authorities.
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills
- Breeding range
- South America: sw Peru, w Chile and s Argentina
