White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) White-faced Ibis
The White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) 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: Great Basin of western USA to southwestern Brazil and central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Plegadis chihi
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-faced Ibis
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Numenius chihi
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Paraguay and campos of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8 p.303
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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