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- Least Concern
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- Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- taxon name
- Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- taxon common name
- íbis-verde
- taxon range
- Senador Guiomard
- short name
- M. cayennensis
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Encyclopedic overview
The green ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis), also known as the Cayenne ibis, is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It is the only member of the genus Mesembrinibis.
This is a resident breeder from Honduras through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama, and South America to northern Argentina. It undertakes some local seasonal movements in the dry season.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “green ibis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.