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African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, J 1790)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus African Bioacoustics Community 2025-05-16 City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Simon Town (South Africa) (10 m)   -

1kHz high pass filter, -3dB normalised, audio split (in Audacity)

Tree with 20+ individuals, all perched. Some interacting. Road noise in background.

Recordist - A.Karamitsos

1016676
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Frank Lambert 2017-11-01 Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (950 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

429511
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus African Bioacoustics Community 2026-02-17 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   654168537
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Lynette Rudman 2016-02-15 Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (750 m) begging call, juvenile -

A half grown chick seen and heard begging to be fed from a nest high up in a Eucalyptus tree in the late afternoon.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

309388
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Nature sounds by Simply Birding 2010-09-06 City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (near Northern Farm), City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, Randburg (South Africa) (1300 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

651807
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Fernand DEROUSSEN 1997-02-16 Kasarani, Nakuru, Nakuru (Kenya) (1900 m) begging call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132389
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus David Moyer 2026-02-04 , Coast (Kenya)   -   650303498
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Tony Archer 2021-04-20 City of Matlosana (near Stilfontein), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1400 m) call -

Calling from nest in heronry above small pan in suburbia.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

652185
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus African Bioacoustics Community 2026-01-24 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   650681515
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Frank Lambert 2019-10-22 Houdenbek Farm campsite, Breede River DC, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, Ceres (South Africa) (1000 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

515436
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Nick Talbot 2024-10-11 Saldanha Bay Local Municipality (near Langebaan), West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, Hopefield (South Africa) (10 m) call, wind -

A bird calling five times near a small lake. Edited with audacity to remove noises and reduce wind noice

947540
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Lynette Rudman 2019-11-01 Great Kei Local Municipality, Amatole, Eastern Cape, Komga (South Africa) (700 m) adult, sex uncertain, song -

Adult birds calling from a large Acacia karoo tree in the early morning in late springtime.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

505935
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Amanda Khosa 2026-02-04 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   650361023
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Gianluca Cicinelli 2024-09-06 , Lombardia (Italy)   -   623402672
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Andrew Spencer 2015-01-09 Lake Boyo marshes, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) (1900 m) call -

quiet calls given from a bird flushing at close range, on an open wetland near the lake.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

278223
xeno-canto.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Jhih-Weit (??) TSAI (?) 2019-07-02 ??--??????(Yunlin--Kouhu Chenglong Wetlands), Yunlin County, Taiwan, Yunlin (Taiwan)   -   209095311
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus African Bioacoustics Community 2026-03-17 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   653345897
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Dieter Oschadleus 2024-09-02 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   623275349
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus African Bioacoustics Community 2025-05-16 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   638978961
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Jhih-Weit (??) TSAI (?) 2019-07-02 ??--??????(Yunlin--Kouhu Chenglong Wetlands), Yunlin County, Taiwan, Yunlin (Taiwan)   -   209095331
macaulaylibrary.org
Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Andrew Spencer 2015-01-09 Lake Boyo--northeast shore, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, Ethiopia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia)   - quiet calls given from a bird flushing at close range, on an open wetland near the lake. 21612711
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Tom Bonin 2026-02-04 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   650299275
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Nicholas Talbot 2024-10-11 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   633952628
macaulaylibrary.org
African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus lemein parmuntoro 2025-02-05 , Western Cape (South Africa)   -   630216126
macaulaylibrary.org
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