# Bare-faced Ibis

*Phimosus infuscatus*

Unlike many other ibises, the bare-faced ibis uses its highly sensitive bill to detect prey primarily by touch rather than sight, probing deep into soft mud.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Pelecaniformes › Threskiornithidae › Phimosus
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** wetland
- **Habitat:** Freshwater marshes, swamps, wet savannas, pastures, and flooded agricultural fields.
- **Diet:** Aquatic insects, crustaceans, mollusks, worms, and small seeds.
- **Range:** Pantanal, Llanos, Parana Basin, Amazon Basin
- **Size:** 45-55 cm in length, weighing 500-700 grams
- **Lifespan:** 10-15 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Wetland drainage, agricultural pesticide runoff, and habitat fragmentation.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless and easily startled. Maintain a respectful distance of at least 15 meters to avoid disrupting their feeding. They pose no threat to humans.

## About

The bare-faced ibis ( Phimosus infuscatus ), also known as the whispering ibis , is a species of bird in the family Threskiornithidae, in the monotypic genus Phimosus .

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/3ac97889-1826-43ba-af1d-fb16c031db3d
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3736
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phimosus infuscatus
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/417897827/medium.jpg (Bernard DUPONT, CC-BY-SA, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.