Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Black-headed Ibis
The Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) 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: India to southeastern Asia; winters to eastern China, Sumatra, and PhilippinesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Threskiornis melanocephalus
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Ibis
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tantalus melanocephalus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- India. Nepal, India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), southern Manchuria south
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.709
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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