Ibisbill

The Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii) is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Ibidorhynchidae.

It lives on the shingle riverbanks of the high plateaux of central Asia and the Himalayas.

This bird is quite unmistakable. The adult is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down curved bill, and a black face and black breast band. The young birds lack the black on the face and breast, and the bill is duller.

It lays four eggs on the ground.

For an alternative classification of the Charadriiformes, see Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy.