Long-tailed ibis
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Long-tailed ibis ( Cercibis oxycerca ) |
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The Langschwanzibis or Spitzschwanzibis ( Cercibis oxycerca ) is the only representative of the genus Cercibis from the family of ibises and spoonbills and lives in the northern part of South America .
Appearance
The long-tailed ibis has a size of 76 to 86 cm. It differs from the other black ibis in South America in particular by its strikingly long tail, which protrudes well beyond the wing tips. The beak is orange, the featherless field of vision around the eye is red, the throat is orange. The feet are reddish.
distribution
The long-tailed ibis lives in the Amazon basin of Brazil , in northwestern Mato Grosso , in eastern Colombia , in Venezuela , Suriname and Guyana . He prefers open grassland near water, also swampy terrain and rice fields. The IUCN assumes a global population of 10,000 to 25,000 individuals and classifies the species as not endangered .
food
Little is known about their diet, but like other ibis, it is likely made up mostly of insects and mollusks.
literature
- J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal (Eds.) (1992): Handbook of the Birds of the World . Vol. 1. Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, ISBN 84-87334-10-5 .
Web links
- Cercibis oxycerca in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed on 16 February, 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Cercibis oxycerca in the Internet Bird Collection