Sharp-tailed Ibis
Cercibis oxycerca(Spix, JB, 1825)
English (US) Sharp-tailed Ibis
The Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: llanos of eastern Colombia to the Guianas and western Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cercibis oxycerca
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sharp-tailed Ibis
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ibis oxycercus
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
- Type locality
- 'Province of Pard,.'
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2 p.69 pl.87
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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