This is not a Malaysia local bird, but from Africa... It might be the escapee from bird park nearby...
And I will still post it under Birds of Malaysia, because it was not caged when I photographed it...
Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)
And I will still post it under Birds of Malaysia, because it was not caged when I photographed it...
Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)
Hadada Ibis
Bostrychia hagedash
噪鹮 (zào huán) / 凤头鹮 (fèng tóu huán)
Malay : Sekendi Misai Putih
Japanese : ハダダトキ (hadada toki)
Kanji 日語漢字 : ハダダ朱鷺
Kanji 日語漢字 : ハダダ朱鷺
Size : 65–76 cm; c. 1262 g
Subspecies and Distribution
- Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris (Reichenow, 1907)
– Senegal E to DRCongo and Kenya, thence S to Zambezi Valley. - Bostrychia hagedash nilotica (Neumann, 1909)
– Sudan and Ethiopia to NE DRCongo, Uganda and NW Tanzania. - Bostrychia hagedash hagedash (Latham, 1790)
– S Africa S of Zambezi Valley.
Date : 06 September 2015
Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Date : 06 September 2015
Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
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