Return of Bird of the Week: Black-faced Ibis

Tierra del Fuego is the largest island at southernmost tip of South America. Like most island ecologies, it has been heavily impacted by humans, but many of the native birds still occur. One of them is the Black-faced Ibis. The black-faced ibis is mainly found in southern South America, ranging throughout most of southern and central Argentina and Chile. It’s certainly colorful. While the Peruvian population is likely extirpated, it’s still pretty common elsewhere in it historic range. Ornithologists get cranky when you ask about this species. It’s not well-studied, there’s a lot of disagreement about subspecies and classification with its…