{"id":11088,"date":"2013-11-24T05:21:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T12:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=11088"},"modified":"2025-07-28T06:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:14:59","slug":"white-ibis-in-breeding-and-nonbreeding-plumage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/24\/white-ibis-in-breeding-and-nonbreeding-plumage\/","title":{"rendered":"White Ibis In Breeding And Nonbreeding Plumage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhiteWhite Ibis adult in nonbreeding plumage – Nikon D200, handheld, f9, 1\/400, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 340mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There isn’t much of a change between the plumage in breeding and nonbreeding White Ibis, primarily the differences are in the legs, bill and lores. The bill, legs and lores\u00a0of a nonbreeding White Ibis is a salmon color. In some light they almost look a\u00a0bubble gum pink.<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite Ibis adult in breeding plumage\u00a0– Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 145mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In breeding plumage the legs, lores and bill become a bright red or geranium color and the lower part of the bill becomes dark which can extend two thirds of the way up the bill.<\/p>\n

The feathers remain white and the eyes remain sky blue regardless of the plumage phase the adult White Ibis are in.<\/p>\n

Both of these White Ibis were photographed at Fort De Soto County Park<\/span><\/a> as they foraged in the Gulf of Mexico, the ibis in breeding plumage was photographed in early April and the nonbreeding ibis was photographed in mid June.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my White Ibis photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There isn’t much of a change between the plumage in breeding and nonbreeding White Ibis, primarily the differences are in the legs, bill and lores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,364],"tags":[4004,5552,4053,4213,10982,7754,4077,3721,6220,7391,4246,3980,4901,313,3996,478],"class_list":["post-11088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-white-ibises","tag-adult","tag-bill","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-eudocimus-albus","tag-forage","tag-foraged","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-ibis","tag-legs","tag-lores","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-pinellas-county","tag-surf","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","tag-white-ibis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t