Profile
In flight
Cranes & Waders
Red-naped Ibis
Pseudibis papillosa
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Least Concern
A walking inkblot of the Indian plains, striding through stubble fields with a scarlet badge of bare skin on the back of its head. Loud, lanky, and unmistakable against the dust.
- Population
- moderate and stable, in the tens of thousands
- Habitat
- open dry fields, fallow farmland, village wetlands, scrub plains
- Diet
- insects, frogs, lizards, small fish, grain, carrion
- Size
- 0.7 m
- Wingspan
- 1.05 m
