White Ibis

Status Four records. An adult was found on Bon Portage Island on 13 July 1959 by Evelyn Richardson, possibly brought by a hurricane that grazed the province two days earlier. Becoming progressively weaker, it was collected on 15 July by Morrill Richardson for the Nova Scotia Museum. Subsequently there was a well-described sighting of an immature bird at Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary on 9 June 1976 (C. Desplanque). In the same year, an adult was seen in mid-June and an immature in mid-July, both on Cape Sable, Shelburne County (B.J. Smith et al.).

Remarks Slightly larger than the Glossy Ibis; white with black outer primaries; legs, long curved bill, and face are orange-red. Immatures: Dark wings and dusky head and neck. It is a native of tropical and subtropical America, breeding as far north as Virginia and Texas. There are few Canadian records.