Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Glossy Ibis
The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 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: locally in eastern North and southern South America, Africa, Eurasia, and southern Asia to AustralasiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Plegadis falcinellus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Glossy Ibis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tantalus Falcinellus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Java and Celebes.
- 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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