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 ||
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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.