Southern Bald Ibis

Uncommon to locally common endemic resident. Distinguished by bright red bald head, red bill and pink legs. Iridescent plumage appears black at a distance. Immature is duller, the head and neck covered in greyish feathers. Sometimes utters a high-pitched ‘keeauw-klaup-klaup’. Small flocks frequent montane grassland in the eastern high-rainfall region, breeding and roosting on cliffs. Feeds singly or in groups in dry or burned grassveld and agricultural lands.