Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Craniata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Plegadis
Species: chihi
White-Faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
322664
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
A long-legged wader with a long slender decurved bill and chestnut plumage, glossed with green and purple (breeding adult); looks all-dark at a distance; immature and winter birds are dark with some lighter coloring or streaking on the head and neck; averages 58 cm long, 91 cm in wingspan (NGS 1983).
Status
Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S3
| Rank Metadata |
| State Rank:
S3
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Rank Changed:
01/27/2005
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| Rank Reviewed:
01/27/2005
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| Reason:
N/A
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| Ecological Factors |
| Specificity:
N/A
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Range Extent:
N/A
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| Occurences:
N/A
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Population Size:
N/A
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| Area of Occupancy:
N/A
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Threat Summary:
N/A
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State Status:
Federal Status:
USFS Status:
BLM Status:
SWAP Status:
NMRP Strategy Status:
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 22
Number of Mapped Locations: 28
Number of Observations: 226
Observation date range: 09-01-1939
to 11-09-2016
External Links
Year
1974
Citation Hundertmark, C.A. 1974. Breeding range extensions of certain birds in New Mexico. Wilson Bulletin 86(3):298-300.
Reference Code
A74HUN01NMUS
Year
1989
Citation Stahlecker, D.W. 1989. White-faced ibis breeding in Rio Arriba County: second verigied nesting location for New Mexico. NMOS bulletin 17(1):2-6.
Reference Code
A89STA01NMUS
Year
1978
Citation Hubbard, J.P. 1978. Revised checklist of the birds of New Mexico. New Mexico Ornithological Society Publication #6, Santa Fe, NM. 110 pp.
Reference Code
B78HUB01NMUS
Year
1995
Citation Black, C. 1995. D:\ACCSDATA\BIRDS.MDB, Forms: visit water, visit grass, Snowy plover reproduction.
Reference Code
D95BLA01NMUS
Year
2017
Citation Various authors. 2007-2017. Annual NMDGF Permits. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF).
Reference Code
E17VAR01NMUS
Year
1947
Citation National Audubon Society. American Birds. 1947-present. Was Audubon field notes from 1947-1970.
Reference Code
J47AME01NMUS
Year
1962
Citation Various. 1962-present. Bird occurences recorded by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. New Mexico Ornithological Society. Field notes. .
Reference Code
J62FIE01NMUS
Year
1995
Citation White Sands Missile Range, ES Division. 1995. Map with locations of LCTA monitoring plots indicated.
Reference Code
M95WSM01NMUS
Year
Citation Black, C. Research ornithologist for the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program. Albuquerque, New Mexico. (505) 277-1991.
Reference Code
PNDBLA01NMUS
Year
2017
Citation Freehling, M., K. Johnson, N. Petersen, and J. Smith. 2017. Lake Holloman Wetland Complex Area Invertebrate and Bird Monitoring, 2016 Report. Natural Heritage New Mexico GTR-400. Natural Heritage New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 92 p
Reference Code
U17FRE01NMUS
Year
2020
Citation Hudson, H. 2020. RE: Heritage Data Website Updated. Email correspondence from USFS.
Reference Code
U20HUD01NMUS
Year
1989
Citation Uihlien, W.B., III and A.L. Gennaro. 1989. Avifauna on the Ladd S. Gordon Wildlife Area: their seasonality, distribution, breeding status, and patterns of usage. Report to NM Dept. of Game and Fish, Nongame Program.
Reference Code
U89UIH01NMUS
Year
1993
Citation Ewing, G.J. 1993. Letter to NMNHP with a printout of bird sightings from 1988 to 1993 in the vicinity of lakes Holloman and Stinky, Alamogordo.
Reference Code
U93EWI01NMUS
Year
1993
Citation Weisenberger, Mara E. 1993. San Andres National Wildlife Refuge Bird Surveys for May-November 1993. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 15 pp.
Reference Code
U93WEI01NMUS
Year
1994
Citation Ewing, Gordon. 1994. Letter regarding bird records at Holloman Lakes to Charlie Black.
Reference Code
U94EWI01NMUS
Year
1994
Citation Locke, B.A. 1994. Memo to Daisan Taylor, subject: your requested memo on Peregrine falcon sighting and D. Holdermann's Elf owls, date: May 26, 1994.
Reference Code
U94LOC02NMUS
Year
1994
Citation Mesilla Valley Audubon Society. 1994. Letter to NMNHP with data sheets on bird occurrence and numbers at Lake Holloman in 1986 and 1987.
Reference Code
U94MES01NMUS
Year
1995
Citation Sandell, Catherine I. 1995. Printout from her database of bird sightings for 1992-1995. 9 October 1995. 15 pp.
Reference Code
U95SAN01NMUS
Year
1996
Citation Black, C. 1996. Draft of bird data for final report of surveys for threatened and endangered species on Holloman Air Force Base. Unpubl. report by New Mexico Natural Heritage Program. 5 p.
Reference Code
U96BLA01NMUS
Year
1996
Citation Thompson, B. 1996. Memo to Daisan Taylor, special status report on WSMR bird research project. 6 June 1996.
Reference Code
U96THO01NMUS
Year
1996
Citation White Sands Missile Range, Department of Environmental Services. 1996. Printout of data from Land Condition Trend Analysis Program plot monitoring.
Reference Code
U96WSM01NMUS
Year
1997
Citation North, B. 1997. Memos to D. Taylor with regard to birds of special concern at WSMR. Weekly and bi-weekly reports. 6 p.
Reference Code
U97NOR01NMUS
Year
1998
Citation Runyan, N. 1998. Photo from Natalie Runyan with information on white-faced ibis sighting at Playa Lake. 1 p.
Reference Code
U98RUN01NMUS
Year
Citation White Sands National Monument. Date Varies. Faunal observation records from White Sands National Monument. 30 p.
Reference Code
UNDWSN01NMUS