Northern Bald Ibis
Geronticus eremita(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Northern Bald Ibis
The Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) 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: patchily distributed mountains of Morocco, Syria, and Red Sea areaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Geronticus eremita
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Upupa Eremita
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Switzerland.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.118
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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