African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) African Sacred Ibis
The African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) 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: sub-Saharan Africa and southeastern Iraq; formerly EgyptRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Sacred Ibis
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tantalus aethiopicus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- 'Aethiopia' = ? Egypt (cf. Bruce, 1790, Travels Source Nile, 5, p. 172, pi. [35]).
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.706
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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