Black-headed Ibis

The Black-headed ibis measures 65 to 76 centimetres in length and they weigh 1100 to 1400 grams.

The colors of the major topographical elements are...

Beak: Black, it is curved downwards.

Head: Black, in the breeding season the head gets a blueish tinge and can get a pink or bright-red patch behind the head.

Iris: Black.

Pupil: Black.

Mantle: White. Speckled brown-grey in juvenile Black-headed ibis.

Lesser coverts: White. Speckled brown-grey in juvenile Black-headed ibis.

Scapulars: White, White, can become yellow in breeding season. Speckled brown-grey in juvenile Black-headed ibis.

Coverts: White. Speckled brown-grey in juvenile Black-headed ibis.

Tertials: White, White, can become yellow in breeding season. Speckled brown-grey in juvenile Black-headed ibis.

Rump: White, White, can become yellow in breeding season. Speckled brown-grey in juvenile Black-headed ibis.

Primaries: White, White, can become yellow in breeding season. Speckled brown-grey in juvenile Black-headed ibis.

Vent: White.

Thigh: White.

Tibio-tarsal articulation: Black.

Tarsus: Black.

Feet: Black.

Tibia: Black.

Belly: White.

Flanks: White.

Breast: White, can become yellow in breeding season.

Throat: Black.

Lineage
They belong to the Kingdom Animalia, the Phylum is Chordata, the Class is Aves, the Order is Pelecaniformes, the Family is Threskiornithidae, the Genus is Threskiornis,the Binomial name is Threskiornis melanocephalus.

Extra Information
The Black-headed ibis has a black neck, the tail of the adult Black-headed ibis has light grey ornamental feathers that are jet black in the breeding season, also in the breeding season of the Black-headed ibis, the bare patches under the wing become blood-red and the Black-headed ibis can get tufts of white feathers behind the neck, during the breeding season, the juvenile Black-headed ibis has greyish neck.

Sounds
The Black-headed ibis has no true voice-producing mechanism, pairs of Black-headed ibis near nest utter ventriloquistic grunts.

Diet
The Black-headed ibis eats frogs, fish, and other water creatures that can fit into its mouth. It also eats all kinds of insects.

Habitat
The Black-headed ibis is widespread in India.

The Black-headed ibis lives in freshwater marshes, salt-water marshes, lakes, ponds, rice fields, freshly ploughed crop fields, irrigation canals, riversides, reservoirs, urban lakes, open sewage gutters, grazing lots, and garbage dumping sites. The Black-headed ibis prefer habitats for foraging according to season in agricultural landscapes like that of south-western Uttar Pradesh.

The Black-headed ibis in summer prefers natural marshes and fallow fields, the Black-headed ibis in monsoon prefers agricultural fields and grazing land. The Black-headed ibis prefers forests and rocky hills as that of southern Rajasthan, the Black-headed ibis prefers wetlands always. The Black-headed ibis prefers Open sewage lines in dry summers.

Breeding & Nesting
The Black-headed ibis nests in heronry colonies near wetlands. The nest of the Black-headed ibis is a platform nest of sticks, lined with grass and threads.

Threats, Predators & Conservation Status
The population of the Black-headed ibis is 10000 to 19999, the Black-headed ibis is listed in the Near Threatened status in the IUCN Red List.