Interesting facts about African sacred Ibis by weird square
Channel: Animal Square
Date: 2018-01-30

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The African sacred ibis  is a species of ibis. Its sister species is the Australian white ibis.
An adult individual is 68 cm (27 in) long with all-white body plumage apart from dark plumes on the rump. Wingspan is 112 to 124 cm (44 to 49 in) and body weight 1.35 to 1.5 kg (3.0 to 3.3 lb).Males are generally slightly larger than females
The bald head and neck, thick curved bill and legs are black. The white wings show a black rear border in flight. The eyes are brown with a dark red orbital ring. Sexes are similar, but juveniles have dirty white plumage, a smaller bill and some feathering on the neck, greenish-brown scapulars and more black on the primary coverts.
This bird is usually silent, but occasionally makes some croaking noises, unlike its vocal relative, the hadada ibis.
A wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, the sacred ibis breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq, and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. The African sacred ibis occurs in marshy wetlands and mud flats, both inland and on the coast. It will also visit cultivation and rubbish dumps
The species breeds once per year. Breeding season is from March to August in Africa, from April to May in Iraq. It builds a stick nest, often in a baobab tree. The bird nests in tree colonies, often with other large wading birds such as storks, herons, African spoonbills, African darters, cormorants. It may also form single-species groups on offshore islands or abandoned buildings.
Females lay 1-5 eggs per season, incubated by both parents for 21-29 days. After hatching, one parent continuously stays at the nest for the first 7-days. Chicks fledge after 35-40 days and are independent after 44-48 days, reaching sexual maturity 1-5 years after hatching. Animal planet | Discovery | Netflix | Documentary | Animal World
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