Bare-faced Ibis

Bare-faced Ibis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Subfamily: Threskiornithinae
Genus: Phimosus
Wagler, 1832
Species: P. infuscatus
Binomial name
Phimosus infuscatus
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

The Bare-faced Ibis (Phimosus infuscatus), also known as the Whispering Ibis, is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family, in the monotypic genus Phimosus.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is swamps.

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