In the sunlit marshes and shallow wetlands across the world, this bronze-sheened wanderer moves with fluid elegance through still water. It probes soft mud with its long, curved bill, drawing out insects, crustaceans, and hidden invertebrates with practiced ease. What makes it extraordinary is its quiet adaptability — thriving across continents and seasons, it helps regulate wetland food webs wherever floods and tides create life. Dark in form yet luminous in light, a graceful sentinel of living marshes.
Glossy Ibis 👇
