{"id":3634,"date":"2025-11-07T11:58:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:09:39","slug":"black-headed-ibis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-headed-ibis\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-Headed Ibis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Black-Headed Ibis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A flock of rare White Ibis, commonly known as Black-headed Ibis, was recently sighted in the salt pan regions of Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Black-headed Ibis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The black-headed ibis, also known as the <\/span><b>Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>black-necked ibis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Threskiornis melanocephalus<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are <\/span><b>called wader birds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to their <\/span><b>adaptability to a wide variety of aquatic environments.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Black-headed Ibis <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in <\/span><b>South- and Southeast Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>India to the west and as far east as Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Found primarily around wetlands including <\/span><b>agricultural fields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and occasionally around <\/span><b>coastal areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but <\/span><b>also seen foraging in dry fields and human-modified landscapes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Black-headed Ibis <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>large wader bird,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 with adults measuring 65\u201376 cm in length.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> only native ibis species in its range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has an <\/span><b>overall white plumage <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a <\/span><b>black neck and head.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Males and females look similar and both have <\/span><b>greyish tail feathers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tails <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of adults bear <\/span><b>light grey ornamental feathers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that turn jet black during the breeding season.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Black-Headed Ibis <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as <strong>&#8216;Least Concern&#8217;<\/strong> under the IUCN Red List.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/tamil-nadu-rare-sighting-of-black-headed-ibis-seen-in-thoothukudi-salt-pans20251105105626\/?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ANI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black-headed Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae. 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