The Green Ibis is a wading bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 in the ibis

Ibis

The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....

 family Threskiornithidae. It is the only member

Monotypic

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...

 of the genus Mesembrinibis.

This is a resident breeder from Honduras

Honduras

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 through Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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 and western Panama

Panama

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, and South America

South America

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 to northern Argentina

Argentina

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. It undertakes some local seasonal movements

Bird migration

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 in the dry season.

The Green Ibis occurs in wooded swamp

Swamp

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s and other wet forest

Forest

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 habitats. Its nest

Bird nest

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 consists of a platform of twigs placed in a tree. This species is less gregarious than its relatives and is usually seen alone or in pairs. It has been recorded as harassing Sunbittern

Sunbittern

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s nesting in the same tree.

Like other ibises, it predates fish

Fish

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, frog

Frog

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s and other water creatures, as well as insect

Insect

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s. it is most active and vocal at dusk, with a loud rolling co-co-co-co-corru-corru call.

The Green Ibis is 48–56 cm long and weighs 650–750 g; the female is smaller than the male. Breeding adults have glossy greenish-black bodies, pale green legs and bill, and grey bare facial skin patches. Juveniles are much duller, but can be distinguished from the similar Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

The Glossy Ibis 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...

by their bulkier shape, shorter legs and broader wings. This species, like other ibises, flies with neck outstretched. Its flight is heavy, with fewer glides and jerkier wingbeats than its relatives.