African Sacred Ibis

Common resident. Decurved black bill and black head, neck and legs contrast with otherwise white plumage. At close range, loose, fluffy plumes on the back are visible. In the immature, black head and neck are speckled white, front of the neck white. Groups or flocks forage in marshy ground, dams, on shorelines, agricultural lands, rubbish dumps and in breeding colonies of other large birds. Migratory to some degree within Africa. In southern Africa, most common in summer.