List of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona) - Ciconiiformes: Ibises and Spoonbills

Ciconiiformes: Ibises and Spoonbills

Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Threskiornithidae
The family Threskiornithidae includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings. Their bodies tend to be elongated, the neck more so, with rather long legs. The bill is also long, decurved in the case of the ibises, and straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills. There are 36 species world wide, and 5 North American species.

• American White Ibis, Eudocimus albus (?) (Winters in N. Gulf of Cal.)
• White-faced Ibis, Plegadis chihi (?) (Winters in N. Gulf of Cal.)
• Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja