Avibase: Bostrychia bocagei (Sao Tome Ibis)

Sao Tome Ibis

Bostrychia bocagei (Chapin, JP 1923)

The São Tomé ibis, also known as the dwarf olive ibis, is a critically endangered bird that is endemic to São Tomé off the western coast of Central Africa. Once thought to be a subspecies of the larger olive ibis, it is now classified as a distinct species. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Threskiornithidae
Genus:
   Bostrychia
Scientific:
  Bostrychia bocagei

Original description

Citation:
(Chapin, JP 1923)

Reference:
Amer. Mus. Novit. no.84 p.5 fig.2A,3A

Protonym:
Lampribis bocagei

Type locality:
Rio de São Tome, São Tome.

Link:
https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/4590/

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
5AD555DDC66B5B1C

Avibase ID:
avibase-5AD555DD

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5AD555DD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824023

Geographic range:

Bostrychia bocagei: São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea)
Bostrychia olivacea rothschildi: formerly Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea); extinct ca. 1901

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Sao Tome Ibis
Czech:
ibis svatotomášský
Danish:
São Tomé-ibis
German:
Zwergolivenibis
Esperanto:
Santomea ibiso
Spanish:
Ibis de Santo Tome
Estonian:
são tomé metsiibis
French:
Ibis de Sao Tomé
Italian:
Ibis di Sao Tomè
Japanese (romaji):
kooriabutoki
Japanese:
コオリアブトキ
Dutch:
Kleine Olijfgroene Ibis
Polish:
ibis brazowawy
Russian:
Саотомский ибис
Slovak:
hadada Keulemansova
Swedish:
Dvärgolivibis
Chinese:
侏橄榄绿鹮

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Sao Tome Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Olive Ibis (Sao Tome) ( Bostrychia olivacea bocagei/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Olive Ibis (Sao Tome) ( Bostrychia olivacea bocagei/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Olive Ibis (Sao Tome) ( Bostrychia olivacea bocagei/rothschildi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Bostrychia olivacea bocagei [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Dwarf Olive Ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Bostrychia [olivacea or bocagei] (sensu lato) by some authors

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