Straw-Necked Ibis

That's close enough!..Any closer and I"m off.

The Straw-necked Ibis is a large waterbird with a naked black head, long down curved black bill and yellow throat plumes. It has a glossy blue-black back, with metallic purple, green and bronze sheen, a white nape and sides of neck and white underparts. Its preference for grassland insects such as grasshoppers and locusts have earn"t it the name of Farmer's Friend.

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