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Glossy Ibis Sounds

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Florida, May 22, 2012Recorded by Andrew Spencer
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Florida, December 07, 2017Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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MassachusettsRecorded by William E. Davis, Jr. / Macaulay Library
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MassachusettsRecorded by William E. Davis, Jr. / Macaulay Library
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MassachusettsRecorded by William E. Davis, Jr. / Macaulay Library
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MassachusettsRecorded by William E. Davis, Jr. / Macaulay Library

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Songs

No song.

Calls

Glossy Ibises call infrequently, though flocks sometimes call quietly as they forage, a throaty murmuring sound. Disturbed birds often give a guttural grunt when flying off. Begging chicks flap and make insectlike buzzing sounds when parents return to the nest; adults give raspy grunts when arriving. Courting birds give much softer, dovelike coos.

Other Sounds

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Species in This Family

Ibises and Spoonbills(Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Threskiornithidae)

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