Plegadis

Plegadis is a bird genus in the family Threskiornithidae. The genus name derives from Ancient Greek plegados, "sickle", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.[1] Member species are found on every continent except Antarctica as well as a number of islands. The glossy ibis is easily the most widespread of the three species. Plegadis contains the following three species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Plegadis falcinellusGlossy ibisregions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas
Plegadis chihiWhite-faced ibiswestern United States south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to central Argentina, and along the coast of central Chile.
Plegadis ridgwayiPuna ibisArgentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru

Plegadis
Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Plegadis
Kaup, 1829
Type species
Tantalus falcinellus
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

Plegadis chihi
Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis ridgwayi

Synonyms

Plegadornis C. L. Brehm, 1855

A further two fossil species have been placed in the genus:

  • Plegadis paganus from the Early Miocene deposits in France; however, it is now placed in Gerandibis pagana.[2]
  • Plegadis pharangites

References

  1. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  2. Vanesa L. De Pietri (2013). "Interrelationships of the Threskiornithidae and the phylogenetic position of the Miocene ibis 'Plegadis' paganus from the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy area in central France". Ibis. 155 (3): 544–560. doi:10.1111/ibi.12062.


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