Black-headed ibis
Amazing fact
The tip of a black-headed ibis’s bill is sensitive, with many nerves concentrated there.
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The tip of a black-headed ibis’s bill is sensitive, with many nerves concentrated there.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Black-headed ibis
- Scientific name
- Threskiornis melanocephalus
- Japanese name
- クロトキ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- Genus
- Threskiornis
An ibis that lives in wetlands, rice paddies, and similar places from Pakistan and Nepal through southern China to Southeast Asia.
Its head and neck have no feathers, so its black skin shows, and almost all the feathers on its body are white.
It eats frogs, tadpoles, snails, insects, and more. Some of them migrate, and very rarely one even reaches Japan.
How the Black-headed ibis lives
It looks for food in rice paddies and shallow waters. It finds prey by probing the ground with its bill.
多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 65–76 cm
- Diet
- Frogs, tadpoles, snails, insects, fish, and crustaceans
- Range
- Pakistan, Nepal, southern China through Southeast Asia
Where the Black-headed ibis has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- クロトキ
- 简体中文
- 黑头白鹮
- 繁體中文
- 黑頭白鹮
- 한국어
- 검은머리흰따오기
- Español
- Ibis cabecinegro
- Français
- Ibis à tête noire
- Deutsch
- Schwarzkopfibis
- Português (Brasil)
- Íbis-de-cabeça-negra
- Italiano
- Ibis testanera
- العربية
- أبو منجل أسود الرأس
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Ibis cucuk-besi
- Tiếng Việt
- Cò quăm đầu đen
- Русский
- Черноголовый ибис
- Türkçe
- Kara başlı aynak
- বাংলা
- কালোমাথা কাস্তেচরা
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — クロトキChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Black-headed ibis, look for this
- Look for the white ornamental feathers on its upper chest and gray ones on its back.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
多摩動物公園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Black-headed ibis
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Kanto
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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