๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Black-faced Ibis live?

Theristicus melanopis has 137,561 records in 12 countries and territories, from 1896 to 2026. Most records come from Chile.

Black-faced Ibis
Black-faced Ibis โ€” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeTheristicus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Chile 91,417
Argentina 37,243
Ecuador 4,316
Peru 3,959
Bolivia 456
Belgium 119
Falkland Islands 32
Germany 11
Netherlands 4
Nigeria 2
Colombia 1
United Kingdom 1

Related animals

Others in the family Threskiornithidae.

White Ibis
White Ibis
2,334,363 records
Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis
1,477,087 records
Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Spoonbill
1,321,815 records
Australian Ibis
Australian Ibis
998,796 records
White-faced Ibis
White-faced Ibis
887,671 records
Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
797,128 records
Hadada Ibis
Hadada Ibis
656,325 records
Sacred Ibis
Sacred Ibis
440,500 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.