Ibises and Spoonbills
Threskiornithidae
The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large wading birds. The family has been traditionally classified into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills; however recent genetic studies are casting doubt on the arrangement, and revealing the spoonbills to be nested within the old world ibises, and the new world ibises as an early offshoot.
16 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 35 known species
White and Scarlet Ibises
genusEudocimus
Spoonbills
genusPlatalea
Plegadis Ibises
genusPlegadis
Sacred Ibises and Allies
genusThreskiornis
African Crested and Hadada Ibises
genusBostrychia
Theristicus Ibises
genusTheristicus
Phimosus
genusPhimosus
Mesembrinibis
genusMesembrinibis
South Asian Ibises
genusPseudibis
Bald Ibises
genusGeronticus
Nipponia
genusNipponia
Lophotibis
genusLophotibis
Cercibis
genusCercibis
Hawaiian Flightless Ibises
genusApteribis
Xenicibis
genusXenicibis
Platalea × Threskiornis
genushybridPlatalea × Threskiornis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3727.