Sacred Ibises and Allies
Threskiornis
Threskiornis is a genus of ibises, wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae. They occur in the warmer parts of the Old World in southern Asia, Australasia and Sub-Saharan Africa. They are colonial breeders, which build a stick nest in a tree or bush and lay two to four eggs. They occur in marshy wetlands and feed on various fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Australian Ibis
speciesThreskiornis molucca
African Sacred Ibis
speciesThreskiornis aethiopicus
Straw-necked Ibis
speciesThreskiornis spinicollis
Black-headed Ibis
speciesThreskiornis melanocephalus
Malagasy Sacred Ibis
speciesThreskiornis bernieri
Australian × Straw-necked Ibis
hybridThreskiornis molucca × spinicollis
Réunion Ibis
speciesThreskiornis solitarius
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 3737.