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title: "Witmaskeribis"
description: "Plegadis chihi — Vogels. The white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) is a wading bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae native to the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-faced-ibis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witmaskeribis

> Plegadis chihi — Vogels. The white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) is a wading bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae native to the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Plegadis chihi*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 39880
- Wikidata: [Q746696](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746696)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3759](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3759)

## Names

- en: White-faced Ibis
- de: Brillensichler
- es: Ibis Ojos Rojos
- fr: Ibis à face blanche
- nl: Witmaskeribis
- pt: Caraúna
- pl: Ibis amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (21850), MX (8929), AR (3718), CA (1552), BR (490), CL (459), UY (187), BO (12), PY (11), PA (5)

## Summary

The white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) is a wading bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae native to the Americas.
This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees. Its breeding range extends from southwestern Canada and the western United States south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to central Argentina, and along the coast of central Chile. Its winter range extends from southern California and Louisiana south to include the rest of its breeding range.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-faced_ibis

## Photo

![Witmaskeribis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-faced-ibis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kahio Tiberio Mazon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9029405

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-faced-ibis?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).