. Birds in Kansas. Birds -- Kansas Identification. IBIS 57 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi (Viellot) Status: The White-faced Ibis is a rare spring and fall migrant and summer resident. It breeds regularly at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area and has bred. recently at Quivira National â * I Wildlife Refuge. Period of Occurrence: This ibis has been recorded from 4 April to 20 October, but more data are needed. Breeding: The White-faced Ibis has been a regular breeding bird at Cheyenne Bottoms since 1962. The only reliable breeding record prior to 1962 was of young photographed at Cheyenn
. Birds in Kansas. Birds -- Kansas Identification. IBIS 57 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi (Viellot) Status: The White-faced Ibis is a rare spring and fall migrant and summer resident. It breeds regularly at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area and has bred. recently at Quivira National â * I Wildlife Refuge. Period of Occurrence: This ibis has been recorded from 4 April to 20 October, but more data are needed. Breeding: The White-faced Ibis has been a regular breeding bird at Cheyenne Bottoms since 1962. The only reliable breeding record prior to 1962 was of young photographed at Cheyenne Bottoms by Larry Nossaman in 1951. There are no older state breeding records, although the bird has been reported for many years. Goss (1886) reported it from Douglas County in the fall of 1879, and there are recent nesting records for Quivira Refuge, Stafford County. There seems to be a recent increase in the number of birds during the breeding season. A small flock "looked over" the Sedgwick County rookery but made no attempt to nest. The nest in Kansas is typically in cattails and is usually associated with heron species. The eggs are incubated for 21 days, and the young can fly at the end of six weeks. Habits and Habitat: Ibis normally inhabit wetland areas, and this species is no exception. It has been observed feeding in temporary pools near Winfield, Cowley County, but it is more likely to be found in permanent marshes such as Cheyenne Bottoms or the Quivira Refuge. If one drives on the dikes in the summer at Cheyenne Bottoms, this bird will likely appear as it feeding in the waters near the dikes. It probes with its long bill to obtain its food. Food: Very little is known about the food of the White-faced Ibis, but Palmer (1962) lists insects, newts, leeches, worms, molluscs, crusta- ceans, frogs, and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc
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