Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca] (Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis)

Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis

Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca] (= Threskiornis aethiopicus) (Latham, J 1790)

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Threskiornithidae
Genus:
   Threskiornis
Scientific:
  Threskiornis aethiopicus

Original description

Citation:
(Latham, J 1790)

Reference:
Index Orn. 2 p.706

Protonym:
Tantalus aethiopicus

Type locality:
'Aethiopia' = ? Egypt (cf. Bruce, 1790, Travels Source Nile, 5, p. 172, pi. [35]).

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226469#page/246/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
B513D25B52FD9642

Avibase ID:
avibase-B513D25B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B513D25B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174943

English:
Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis
French:
Ibis sacré, I. à tête noire ou I. à cou noir

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or moluccus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or moluccus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or moluccus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or moluccus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or moluccus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or moluccus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis ( Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca])
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis aethiopicus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Threskiornis aethiopicus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Threskiornis aethiopicus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Skoorsteenveer, Skoorsteenveër
Arabic: أبو منجل الأبيض
Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs ibis
Breton: An ibiz sakr
Catalan: Ibis sagrat
Catalan (Balears): Ibis sagrat
Czech: Ibis posvátný
Danish: Hellig Ibis
German: Heiliger Ibis
English: Sacred Ibis, Sacred, Black-headed or Australian Ibis
Esperanto: Sankta ibiso
Spanish: Ibis Sagrado
Estonian: pühaiibis
Basque: Ibis sakratu
Finnish: Pyhäiibis
French: Ibis sacré, Ibis sacré, I. à tête noire ou I. à cou noir
Irish: Íbis bheannaithe
Hebrew: איב-ים שחור־ראש
Hungarian: szent íbisz
Indonesian: Ibis putih kepala hitam
Icelandic: Nílaríbis
Italian: Ibis sacro
Japanese (romaji): kurotoki
Japanese: アフリカクロトキ
Kazakh: Киелі тырнақұтан
Korean: 검은머리흰따오기
Kwangali: Ndingilira
Scientific: Tantalus aethiopicus, Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or molucca], Threskiornis [aethiopicus, melanocephalus or moluccus], Threskiornis aethiopicus, Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus
Lithuanian: Šventasis ibis, Šventasis ibisas
Malagasy: Voronondry, Voronosy
Dutch: Heilige Ibis
Norwegian: Helligibis
Polish: ibis czczony
Portuguese: Íbis-sagrada
[ROA]: ibis sontg
Russian: Ибис священный, Священный ибис
Slovak: Ibis posva/tný, ibis posvätný
Slovenian: Sveti ibis
Sotho, Southern: Lehalanyane
Swedish: Helig ibis
Swahili: Kwarara Shingo-nyeusi
Thai: นกกุลา, นกช้อนหอยขาว
Turkish: Kutsal Aynak
Tsonga: N'wafayaswitlangi
Ukrainian: Ібіс священний
Chinese: [黑头]白鹮, 白鹮, 非洲白鹮
Chinese (Traditional): 埃及聖鹮〔非洲白鹮〕
Zulu: umXwagele