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© Tony Palliser
© Tony Palliser
© Robert Tizard
© Robert Tizard

Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor

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A bizarre pure white bird with pinkish legs and eye-ring and bare black skin in front of the eye. Bill is large and black with tubelike nostrils. A ground-dwelling scavenger. No similar birds occur within its range. Mostly silent, but occasionally gives short rattling, croaking notes.

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