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Malagasy Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis bernieri (Bonaparte, CLJL 1855)

The Malagasy sacred ibis is a relatively large, heavily built ibis endemic to the west coast of Madagascar, and Aldabra on the Seychelles. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Threskiornithidae
Genus:
   Threskiornis
Scientific:
  Threskiornis bernieri

Original description

Citation:
  (Bonaparte, CLJL 1855)

Reference:
   Conspect. Gen. Avium 2 p.151

Protonym:
  Ibis bernieri

Type locality:
  Madagascar.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141377#page/709/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  EE3DD02995CF66CB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-EE3DD029

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/EE3DD029

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824144


ENDANGERED

English:
Madagascar Ibis
Afrikaans:
Madagaskarskoorsteenveër
Arabic:
أبو منجل المقدس المدغشقري
Azerbaijani:
Madaqaskar ibisi
Bulgarian:
Мадагаскарски свещен ибис
Bengali:
ভাদাগাকামযয ঩চফত্র কামস্তচযা
Catalan:
Ibis sagrat de Madagascar
Czech:
ibis madagaskarský
Danish:
Madagaskaribis
German:
Hellaugenibis
Esperanto:
madagaskara ibiso
Spanish:
Ibis malgache
Spanish (Spain):
Ibis malgache
Estonian:
valgesilm-iibis
Finnish:
madagaskarinpyhäiibis
French:
Ibis malgache
Hebrew:
איביס מדגסקר
Croatian:
madagaskarski ibis
Italian:
Ibis sacro del Madagascar
Japanese:
マダガスカルクロトキ
Lithuanian:
madagaskarinis šventasis ibis
Dutch:
Madagaskaribis
Norwegian:
helligibis (bernieri/abbotti)
Polish:
ibis białooki
Portuguese:
Íbis-sagrado-de-madagáscar
Portuguese (Portugal):
íbis-malgaxe
Russian:
Мадагаскарский Ибис
Slovak:
ibis bledooký
Serbian:
Madagaskarski sveti ibis
Swedish:
madagaskaribis
Turkish:
Madagaskar aynağı
Ukrainian:
ібіс мадагаскарський
Chinese:
马岛圣鹮
Chinese (Traditional):
馬島聖䴉

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Madagascar Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Ibis malgache ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Sacred Ibis (Malagasy) ( Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Malagasy Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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eBird version 2025:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Madagascar Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis bernieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Threskiornis bernieri [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Threskiornis [aethiopicus or bernieri] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Afrikaans: Madagaskarskoorsteenveër
Arabic: أبو منجل المقدس المدغشقري
Asturian: Ibis sagráu
Azerbaijani: Madaqaskar ibisi
Bulgarian: Мадагаскарски свещен ибис
Bengali: ভাদাগাকামযয ঩চফত্র কামস্তচযা
Bengali (transliteration): mādāgāskārēra pabitra kāstēcarā*
Catalan: Ibis sagrat de Madagascar
Czech: ibis madagaskarský
Danish: Madagaskaribis
German: Blauaugenibis, Hellaugenibis, Madagaskar Heiliger Ibis
English: Madagascar Ibis, Madagascar Sacred Ibis, Malagasy Sacred Ibis, Sacred Ibis (Malagasy)
[ENAV]: Malagasy Sacred Ibis
English, HBW: Madagascar Sacred Ibis
English (IOC): Malagasy Sacred Ibis
English (United States): Madagascar Sacred Ibis, Malagasy Sacred Ibis
Esperanto: Madagaskara ibiso
Spanish: Ibis del Madagascar, Ibis malgache, Ibis Sagrado (Madagascar)
Spanish (Spain): Ibis malgache, Ibis Sagrado (bernieri/abbotti), Ibis sagrado (Madagascar)
Spanish (HBW): Sacred Ibis (Malagasy)
Estonian: valgesilm-iibis
Finnish: madagaskarinpyhäiibis, pyhäiibis (bernieri/abbotti)
French: Ibis malgache, Ibis sacré (malgache), Ibis sacré [bernieri ou abbotti]
French (Guyane): Ibis malgache
Hebrew: איביס מדגסקר
Croatian: madagaskarski ibis
Icelandic: Nílaríbis (bernieri/abbotti)
Italian: Ibis sacro del Madagascar
Japanese (romaji): afurikakurotoki (bernieri/abbotti)
Japanese: アフリカクロトキ (bernieri/abbotti), マダガスカルクロトキ
Kirghiz: Мадагаскар ибиси
Scientific: Ibis bernieri, Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri, Threskiornis aethiopicus bernieri/abbotti, Threskiornis bernieri, Threskiornis bernieri bernieri
Lithuanian: Madagaskarinis šventasis ibis, Šventasis ibis (bernieri/abbotti)
Malagasy: Voronondry, Voronosy
Dutch: Heilige Ibis (Madagaskar), Madagaskar Witte Ibis, Madagaskaribis
Norwegian: helligibis (bernieri/abbotti)
Polish: ibis bialooki, ibis białooki
Portuguese: Íbis-sagrado-de-madagáscar
Portuguese (Portugal): íbis-malgaxe, Íbis-sagrada (bernieri/abbotti)
Russian: Мадагаскарский Ибис
Slovak: ibis bledooký
Serbian: Madagaskarski sveti ibis, Sveti ibis (bernieri/abbotti)
Swedish: madagaskaribis
Swahili: Kwarara wa Madagaska
Thai: นกช้อนหอยขาวแอฟริกา (มาดากัสการ์)
Turkish: Madagaskar aynağı, Madagaskar Kutsal Aynağı
Ukrainian: ібіс мадагаскарський
Chinese: 马岛圣鹮, 马岛白鹮
Chinese (Traditional): 馬島聖䴉, 馬達加斯加白鹮

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