Puna Ibis
Plegadis ridgwayi(Allen, JA, 1876)
English (US) Puna Ibis
The Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi) 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: high Andes of central Peru to northwestern Argentina and northern ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Plegadis ridgwayi
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Puna Ibis
- Described by
- (Allen, JA, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falcinellus Ridgwayi
- Described by
- (Allen, JA, 1876)
- Type locality
- Lake Titicaca.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3 p.355
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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