Southern Bald Ibis adult

Southern Bald Ibis adult

In 1998, I was taken to a Southern Bald Ibis breeding colony in the Wakkerstroom area on cliffs adjacent to a waterfall on private grasslands. The featherless head looks to me as though it is made of carved wood and painted.

Country: South Africa
Location: Wakkerstroom
Family: Ibises, Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Species: Southern Bald Ibis (Geronticus calvus)
Date taken: 15/11/2012