An ibis whose adult head and neck have bare black skin, while most body feathers are white. It probes for food in shallows and rice fields.
Adults have bare black skin on the head and neck; most body feathers are white, with ornamental feathers on the chest and back.
In rice fields and shallows, it probes mud and soil with its down-curved bill for frogs, insects, snails, and small fish.
The sensitive bill tip has a dense concentration of nerves and helps it find prey by touch in soil and mud. It is usually quiet away from breeding sites.
The long black bill has a thick base and curves downward. The otherwise white wings have small black areas restricted to the primary tips.
Grey scapular plumes develop in breeding plumage. Nonbreeding adults largely lack these grey shoulder plumes and the neck plumes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.