First Record of the White-faced Ibis Nesting in Baja California Sur

Abstract

The White-faced Ibis ( Plegadis chihi ) is a generalist water bird associated with freshwater wetlands, flooded grasslands, coastal marshes, and areas modified for agriculture and livestock (Ryder and Manry 2020). The species breeds colonially between April and July, building nests on emergent vegetation or low trees and shrubs over shallow water, or directly on the ground on small islands (Ryder and Manry 2020). The breeding range includes portions of central and western North America, and a large portion of South America from Brazil to Argentina (Ryder and Manry 2020). The White-faced Ibis is resident year-round in some areas, and win-ters from central California through southwestern Arizona, as well as coastal Texas and Louisiana, south to El Salvador, including most of Mexico except the Yucatan Peninsula (Dunn and Alderfer 2017, Ryder and Manry 2020). The first records of