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Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi]
Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi] (= Bostrychia olivacea) (Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL 1838)
The olive ibis is a species of ibis native to dense tropical forests in central Africa. Between 65 and 75 cm in length, it is a small ibis with predominantly olive plumage with iridescent sheen. Four subspecies are recognized. Source: Wikipedia
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Pelecaniformes
Family:
Threskiornithidae
Genus:
Bostrychia
Scientific:
Bostrychia olivacea
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Threskiornithidae
Genus:
Bostrychia
Scientific:
Bostrychia olivacea
Original description
Citation:
(Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL 1838)
Reference:
Bull. Acad. R. Sci. Belles-Lettr. Bruxelles
4 p.105,pl.
Imprint year:
1837
Protonym:
Ibis olivacea
Type locality:
Upper Guinea, accepted as type locality by Chapin, loc. cit.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53798#page/127/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
23ACB56E2A8773EE
Avibase ID:
avibase-23ACB56E
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/23ACB56E
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174960
Geographic range:
- Bostrychia olivacea olivacea: lowland forest of Sierra Leone and Liberia
- Bostrychia olivacea cupreipennis: lowland forest of Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Bostrychia olivacea akeleyorum: montane forest of Kenya and Tanzania
- Bostrychia olivacea rothschildi: formerly Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea); extinct ca. 1901
- Bostrychia olivacea: disjunctly along lowland to montane streams and rivers in dense forest, and swamp forest, from Sierra Leone to Ghana, from southern Cameroon southward to Gabon and eastward to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and highlands of central Kenya and northeastern Tanzania; extinct on Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea)
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Source: Clements checklist
Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi]
French:
Ibis olive [incl. rothschildi]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi] ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi] ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi] ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi] ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Olive Ibis (incl. rothschildi) ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Olive Ibis (incl. rothschildi) ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Olive Ibis (incl. rothschildi) ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Olive Ibis (incl. rothschildi) ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Olive Ibis (incl. rothschildi) ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi] ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi] ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi] ( Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi]) |
| Avilist 2025: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2021: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2022: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2023: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2024: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2025: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2015: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2016: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2017: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2018: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2019: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.55: Olive Ibis (Olive) ( Bostrychia olivacea [olivacea Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2015: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2016: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2017: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2018: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2019: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2021: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2022: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2023: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2024: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2025: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia olivacea) [version 2] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Bostrychia olivacea [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Bostrychia [olivacea or bocagei]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Olyfibis
Bulgarian: Маслинов ибис
Catalan: Ibis olivaci
Czech: ibis menší, ibis olivový
Danish: Olivenibis
German: Olivenibis, Olivibis
English: Olive Ibis, Olive Ibis (incl. rothschildi), Olive Ibis (Olive), Olive Ibis [incl. rothschildi]
English (Avilist): Olive Ibis
English, HBW: Olive Ibis
English (IOC): Olive Ibis
English (Kenya): Olive Ibis
English (United States): Olive Ibis
Esperanto: Oliveca ibiso
Spanish: Ibis Oliváceo
Spanish (Spain): Ibis Oliváceo
Spanish (HBW): Olive Ibis
Estonian: kähar-metsiibis
Finnish: oliivi-iibis
French: Ibis olive, Ibis olive (incl. rothschildi), Ibis olive [incl. rothschildi]
French (Guyane): Ibis olive
Croatian: maslinasti ibis
Hungarian: olajfényű íbisz
Italian: Ibis olivaceo
Japanese (romaji): ori-butoki
Japanese: オリーブトキ
Scientific: Bostrychia bocagei, Bostrychia bocagei bocagei, Bostrychia olivacea, Bostrychia olivacea [incl. rothschildi], Bostrychia olivacea [olivacea Group], Bostrychia olivacea olivacea, Ibis olivacea, Lampribis bocagei
Lithuanian: Alyvinis ibis
Dutch: Olijfgroene Ibis
Norwegian Nynorsk: Olivenibis
Norwegian: Olivenibis
Polish: ibis oliwkowy
Portuguese: Íbis-oliva
Portuguese (Portugal): íbis-olivácea
Russian: Зелёный ибис, Оливковый ибис
Slovak: hadada olivová
Serbian: Maslinasti ibis
Swedish: Olivibis
Swahili: Kwarara Kishungi
Turkish: Yeşil Aynak
Ukrainian: Ібіс зелений
Chinese: 橄榄绿鹮
Chinese (Traditional): 橄綠鹮
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