wood ibis

noun

• 1a stork with a slightly down-curved bill and a bare face or head, found in America and Africa. Also called wood stork.

  • Genus Mycteria, family Ciconiidae: the black-faced M. americana of America, and the red-faced M. ibis of Africa

• 2 (crested wood ibis) a mainly brown ibis with a greenish crest, found only in Madagascar.

  • Lophotibis cristata, family Threskiornithidae