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White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Passes through Arkansas on migration. Found in 72 of 75 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
72 of 75 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
72 of 75 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerWinterOnly within 4,000 m of water.Cultivated Cropland
Other habitats in its models (45)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (3)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer and winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Summer.
Midwest (5)
  • Great Plains Prairie Pothole Summer.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Summer.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Riparian Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Open Freshwater Depression Wetland Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland Summer.
West (28)
  • California Central Valley Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
  • Colorado Plateau Mixed Low Sagebrush Shrubland Summer, only within 4,000 m of water.
  • Columbia Plateau Silver Sagebrush Seasonally Flooded Shrub-Steppe Summer, only within 4,000 m of water.
  • Columbia Plateau Vernal Pool Summer.
  • Great Basin Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Alkaline Closed Depression Summer.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Greasewood Flat Summer, only within 4,000 m of water.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Interdunal Swale Wetland Summer.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Playa Summer.
  • Mediterranean California Serpentine Fen Summer and winter.
  • Mediterranean California Subalpine-Montane Fen Summer and winter.
  • North American Arid West Emergent Marsh Summer and winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Riparian Mesquite Bosque Summer and winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
  • North Pacific Bog and Fen Summer.
  • Northern California Claypan Vernal Pool Summer and winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Wooded Vernal Pool Summer.
  • Rocky Mountain Alpine-Montane Wet Meadow Summer.
  • Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Mesic Meadow Summer, only within 4,000 m of water.
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Shrubland Summer.
  • Temperate Pacific Freshwater Aquatic Bed Summer and winter, only within 4,000 m of water.
  • Temperate Pacific Freshwater Emergent Marsh Summer and winter.
  • Temperate Pacific Montane Wet Meadow Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
Land cover and other classes (9)
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter, only within 4,000 m of water.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Summer and winter.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer and winter.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Summer and winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Summer and winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 72 of 75 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 102

Plants 17

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Arkansas

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 85

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Birds 60

Plants 143

All of ponds, lakes and their shores in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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