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WoRMS taxon details

Plegadis Kaup, 1829

AphiaID

158976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158976)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917

Synonymised names

Ibis Temminck, 1815 · unaccepted

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Species Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Environment

brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Size: relatively small. Plumage: dark glossy. Other details: decurved bill; long neck and legs; lores naked.

Description Size: relatively small. Plumage: dark glossy. Other details: decurved bill; long neck and legs; lores naked. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Plegadis Kaup, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158976 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Unreviewed

Description Size: relatively small. Plumage: dark glossy. Other details: decurved bill; long neck and legs; lores naked. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plegadis)
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