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Hadeda Ibis, South Africa and Kenya

By Charlie July 15, 2007 No comments yet

Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa

The chunky, short-legged Hadeda Ibis is found throughout open grasslands, savanna and rainforests of Sudan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, Zaire, Cameroon, Gambia, Kenya, Somalia and South Africa, and also in urban parks and large gardens. It feeds mainly on earthworms, using its long scimitar-like bill to [...]