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21 minutes ago, Seanbirds said:

Since I doubt anybody has done this one yet...

White-faced x Glossy Ibis

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/4527854611200

Nice, doubt I would have picked that out! Just out of curiosity, what field marks are telling you it's a hybrid as opposed to a pure White-faced? From what I see the skin around the eye & the bill coloring are a bit different. Am I missing anything else? Also, what were the others birds in the photo? I think I'm seeing reddish knees so guessing White-faced?

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5 minutes ago, stitch58 said:

Nice, doubt I would have picked that out! Just out of curiosity, what field marks are telling you it's a hybrid as opposed to a pure White-faced? From what I see the skin around the eye & the bill coloring are a bit different. Am I missing anything else? Also, what were the others birds in the photo? I think I'm seeing reddish knees so guessing White-faced?

Yeah. There was also a pure Glossy at the spot (A parent, perhaps?), but yeah, pinkish knees and intermediate-looking face made my reviewer and I decide that it was a hybrid.

The rest were White-faced. He definitely wouldn't have jumped out as much if they were all Glossy though, I can tell you that.

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