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Bostrychia
Sign in to saveBostrychia is a genus of ibises in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found in many countries throughout Africa. ==Species== It contains the following five species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Bostrychia carunculata || Wattled ibis||Ethiopia |- |120px || Bostrychia hagedash || Hadada ibis||Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gambia, Kenya, Somalia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |- |120px || Bostrychia olivacea ||
Species
Hadada Ibis
Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCiconiiformes
- FamilyThreskiornithidae
Bostrychia es un género de aves pelecaniformes de la familia Threskiornithidae; incluye cuatro o cinco especies de ibis.[1][2] Se distribuyen por el África subsahariana. Especies Los autores reconocen las siguientes especies:[3][2] Bostrychia bocagei - Ibis de Santo Tomé Bostrychia carunculata - Ibis carunculado Bostrychia hagedash - Ibis Hadada Bostrychia olivacea - Ibis oliváceo Bostrychia rara - Ibis moteado Referencias ↑ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2010. The Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.5. Cornell University Press. Downloadable from Cornell Lab of Ornithology ↑ a b Zoonomen Nomenclatural data (2014) Alan P. Peterson. Pelecaniformes. Acceso: 26 de noviembre de 2014 ↑ Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (Eds.) (2014). Storks, ibis & herons. IOC World Bird List (v.4.4). Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Bostrychia. Datos: Q223302 Multimedia: Especies: Bostrychia G.R.Gray
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 740
- With media
- 490
- Family
- Rhodomelaceae
- Collections
- US, NY, BSNS, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, Kenya, Australia
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Bostrychia is a genus of ibises in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found in many countries throughout Africa. ==Species== It contains the following five species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Bostrychia carunculata || Wattled ibis||Ethiopia |- |120px || Bostrychia hagedash || Hadada ibis||Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gambia, Kenya, Somalia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |- |120px || Bostrychia olivacea || Olive ibis|| Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaire, Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe Island |- |120px || Bostrychia bocagei || São Tomé ibis|| São Tomé |- |120px|| Bostrychia rara || Spot-breasted ibis||Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda |- |}
==Conservation== Four of these species are evaluated as Least Concern status, but the dwarf olive ibis is Critically Endangered according to the IUCN.
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