White Ibis

Identification: The immature bird has a long decurved orange bill, a mottled brown head and neck, dark brown back and wings and is white underneath. The long legs at this age are a brownish orange. The adult birds are white with black wingtips, the face, bill and legs vary from pink (winter) to red (breeding) dependent upon time of year.

Adult- Hyde County, North Carolina
December 29, 2007

Adult- Hyde County, North Carolina
December 29, 2007

 

Immature birds- note the larger male on left and the female on right

Mattamuskeet N.W.R., Hyde County, North Carolina

 

Immature- Henrico County, Virginia