Yellow-billed Stork
Mycteria ibis(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Yellow-billed Stork
The Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) 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 Ciconiidae (Storks) in the order Ciconiiformes.
Range: sub-Saharan Africa and MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mycteria ibis
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tantalus Ibis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Egypt.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.241
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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