This ibis lives only in the forests of Madagascar. Its white wings and crest stand out, and it probes the forest floor for food with a long bill.
The body is brown, the wings are white, and a greenish-blue crest rises from the head. It has a long, curved yellow bill and pink legs. Males and females look similar.
It probes the forest floor with its long bill for invertebrates, mollusks, small amphibians and reptiles. It walks while feeding in pairs or small groups.
It breeds during the rainy season, building a platform of twigs and branches in a tree fork and laying two or three eggs.
It calls most often at dawn, dusk, and during the night, giving a loud, prolonged series of wheezy, whining notes.
Bare pink skin surrounds the eye.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.