Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 25,000 (2010).
Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation through overgrazing and tree-cutting, soil erosion, conversion to agriculture and extraction of groundwater are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Probably worms and insects, frogs and small mammals.
Wattled Ibis (Bostrychia carunculata) [XC299989]
by Peter Boesman from Sanetti Plateau, Bale mountains, Ethiopia (call)
Wattled Ibis (Bostrychia carunculata) [XC299992]
by id from Debre Birhan area, Ethiopia (call)
Nest
A platform of branches and sticks, on the eastern side of rocky cliffs, or on bushes protruding from cliff-faces, in the tops of trees or on ledges of buildings.