Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Skoorsteenveër
Common Names in Dutch:
Heilige Ibis
Common Names in English:
African Sacred Ibis, Sacred Ibis
Common Names in Finnish:
Pyhäiibis
Common Names in French:
Ibis Sacré
Common Names in German:
Heiliger Ibis
Common Names in Italian:
Ibis Sacro
Common Names in Japanese:
クロトキ（ショウジョウトキ）
Common Names in Russian:
Ибис священный, Священный ибис
Common Names in Spanish:
Ibis Sagrado
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Ciconiimorphae
()
- Garrod, 1874
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Suborder:
Ciconiae
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Threskiornithoidea
()
- Richmond, 1917
- Family:
Threskiornithidae
()
- Richmond, 1917
- Genus:
Threskiornis
()
- G.R. Gray, 1842
- Specific name:
aethiopicus
- Subspecies:
aethiopicus
- Scientific name: - Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus (Latham) 1790 (Latham) 1790 IndexOrn. 2 p.706
- Subspecies:
aethiopicus
- Specific name:
aethiopicus
- Genus:
Threskiornis
(
- Family:
Threskiornithidae
(
- Superfamily:
Threskiornithoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconiae
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Ciconiimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham
Similar Species
Members of the genus Threskiornis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. aethiopica (Scared Ibis) · T. aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis) · T. aethiopicus aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis) · T. bernieri (Madagascar Sacred Ibis) · T. melanocephalus (Black-Headed Ibis) · T. molucca (Australian Sacred Ibis) · T. molucca molucca (Australian White Ibis) · T. solitarius (R?union Flightless Ibis) · T. spinicollis (Straw-Necked Ibis)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url .
- Days with birds; studies of habits of some East African species. 38 1956 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1956. url p. 22, p. 5, p. 519.
- Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 207.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 30, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 24092
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 641701
