Southern Bald Ibis
Geronticus calvus(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Southern Bald Ibis
The Southern Bald Ibis (Geronticus calvus) 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: highlands of northeastern South Africa, Lesotho, and EswatiniRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Geronticus calvus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Southern Bald Ibis
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tantalus Calvus
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.52
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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