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Where does the Glossy Ibis live?

Plegadis falcinellus has 1,477,613 records in 202 countries and territories, from 1798 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis — Photo: Chuck Homler, Focus On Wildlife · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesThreskiornithidaePlegadis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17982026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 677,025
India 167,830
Spain 146,955
Australia 80,491
South Africa 71,765
France 43,918
Portugal 43,156
Israel 40,371
Netherlands 24,468
Puerto Rico 11,279
United Arab Emirates 8,503
Colombia 8,460
United Kingdom 8,401
Türkiye 8,233
Kenya 6,746
Greece 5,959
Costa Rica 5,427
Canada 5,129
Botswana 4,829
Morocco 4,362
Sweden 4,104
Tanzania 3,828
Italy 3,800
Bahamas 3,733
Venezuela 3,727
Belize 3,582
Thailand 3,362
Romania 3,341
Egypt 3,265
Oman 3,233
Jamaica 2,860
Cyprus 2,841
Zambia 2,769
Russia 2,768
Panama 2,764
Zimbabwe 2,612
Mexico 2,513
Namibia 2,408
Denmark 2,222
Cuba 2,205

Showing the top 40 of 202 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.