Plegadis

Genus of birds

Plegadis

Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Pelecaniformes
Family:  | Threskiornithidae
Subfamily:  | Threskiornithinae
Genus:  | Plegadis
Kaup, 1829
Type species
Tantalus falcinellus

Linnaeus, 1766

Species

Plegadis chihi
Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis ridgwayi

Synonyms

Plegadornis C. L. Brehm, 1855

Plegadis is a bird genus in the family Threskiornithidae. The genus name derives from Ancient Greek plegados, "sickle", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.[1] Member species are found on every continent except Antarctica as well as a number of islands.

## Species[edit]

The glossy ibis is easily the most widespread of the three species. Plegadis contains the following three species:

Genus Plegadis – Kaup, 1829 – three species  Common name  | Scientific name and subspecies  | Range  | Size and ecology  | IUCN status and estimated population

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Glossy ibis

| Plegadis falcinellus
(Linnaeus, 1766) | regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas
| Size:

Habitat:

Diet:  |  LC

White-faced ibis

| Plegadis chihi
(Vieillot, 1817) | western United States south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to central Argentina, and along the coast of central Chile.
| Size:

Habitat:

Diet:  |  LC

Puna ibis

| Plegadis ridgwayi
(Allen, 1876) | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
| Size:

Habitat:

Diet:  |  LC

A further two fossil species have been placed in the genus:

* Plegadis paganus from the Early Miocene deposits in France; however, it is now placed in Gerandibis pagana.[2]
* Plegadis pharangites

## References[edit]

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1. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
2. '^ Vanesa L. De Pietri (2013). "Interrelationships of the Threskiornithidae and the phylogenetic position of the Miocene ibis Plegadis' paganus from the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy area in central France". Ibis. 155 (3): 544–560. doi:10.1111/ibi.12062.

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Traditional listing of ibises and spoonbills (family: Threskiornithidae)

* Ibises
* subfamily: Threskiornithinae

| Genus|

Species (prefix † indicates extinct species)

Threskiornis|

* African sacred ibis (T. aethiopicus)
* Malagasy sacred ibis (T. bernieri)
* †Réunion ibis (T. solitarius)
* Black-headed ibis (T. melanocephalus)
* Australian white ibis (T. moluccus) and supporting page Solomons white ibis (T. moluccus pygmaeus)
* Straw-necked ibis (T. spinicollis)

Pseudibis|

* Red-naped ibis (P. papillosa)
* White-shouldered ibis (P. davisoni)
* Giant ibis (P. gigantea)

Geronticus|

* Northern bald ibis (G. eremita)
* Southern bald ibis (G. calvus)

Nipponia|

* Crested ibis (N. nippon)

Bostrychia|

* Olive ibis (B. olivacea)
* São Tomé ibis (B. bocagei)
* Spot-breasted ibis (B. rara)
* Hadada ibis (B. hagedash)
* Wattled ibis (B. carunculata)

Theristicus|

* Plumbeous ibis (T. caerulescens)
* Buff-necked ibis (T. caudatus)
* Black-faced ibis (T. melanopis)
* Andean ibis (T. branickii)

Cercibis|

* Sharp-tailed ibis (C. oxycerca)

Mesembrinibis|

* Green ibis (M. cayennensis)

Phimosus|

* Bare-faced ibis (P. infuscatus)

Eudocimus|

* American white ibis (E. albus)
* Scarlet ibis (E. ruber)

Plegadis|

* Glossy ibis (P. falcinellus)
* White-faced ibis (P. chihi)
* Puna ibis (P. ridgwayi)

Lophotibis|

* Madagascar ibis (L. cristata)

Apteribis|

* †Moloka'i flightless ibis (A. glenos)
* †Maui flightless ibis (A. brevis)

Xenicibis|

* †Jamaican ibis (X. xympithecus)

* Spoonbills
* subfamily: Plataleinae
* genus: Platalea

| Genus|

Species

Platalea
(spoonbills)|

* Eurasian spoonbill (P. leucorodia)
* Black-faced spoonbill (P. minor)
* African spoonbill (P. alba)
* Royal spoonbill (P. regia)
* Yellow-billed spoonbill (P. flavipes)
* Roseate spoonbill (P. ajaja)

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Genera of ibis, herons, pelicans and their extinct allies

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Clade: Aequornithes
* Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

| incertae sedis|

* †Cladornis?

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†Torotigidae?|

* Torotix

Pelecani|

| Balaenicipitidae|

* Balaeniceps
* †Goliathia
* †Paludiavis

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Pelecanidae|

* †Eopelecanus
* †Miopelecanus
* Pelecanus

Scopidae|

* Scopus

Ardei|

*     * See below ↓

Ardei

| incertae sedis|

* †Ardeacites?

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†Xenerodiopidae|

* Xenerodiops

Threskiornithidae|

| incertae sedis|

* †Gerandibis
* †Milnea
* †Mopsitta?
* †Protibis
* †Rhynchaeites
* †Vadaravis
* †Xenicibis

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Plataleinae|

* †Platalea

Threskiornithinae|

* †Apteribis
* Bostrychia
* Cercibis
* Eudocimus
* Geronticus
* Lophotibis
* Mesembrinibis
* Nipponia
* Phimosus
* Plegadis
* Pseudibis
* Thaumatibis
* Theristicus
* Threskiornis

Ardeidae|

* †Ardeagrandis
* Calherodius
* †Eoceornis
* †Matuku
* †Nyctisoma
* Oroanassa
* †Proardeola

Agamiinae|

* Agamia

Ardeinae|

* Ardea
* Ardeola
* Bubulcus
* Butorides
* Egretta
* Gorsachius
* Nycticorax
* Nyctanassa
* Pilherodius
* †Proardea
* Syrigma
* †Zeltornis
* Zonerodius

Botaurinae|

* Botaurus
* Ixobrychus
* †Pikaihao
* Zebrilus

Cochleariinae|

* Cochlearius

Tigriornithinae|

* †Taphophoyx
* Tigriornis
* Tigrisoma

Taxon identifiers

Plegadis|

* Wikidata: Q933293
* Wikispecies: Plegadis
* ADW: Plegadis
* AFD: Plegadis
* BOLD: 6975
* CoL: 6SDS
* EoL: 45509052
* EPPO: 1PLEGG
* Fauna Europaea: 96661
* Fauna Europaea (new): 72319bcc-2566-407c-a5c9-c5ddc8347adf
* GBIF: 2480771
* iNaturalist: 3755
* IRMNG: 1046795
* ITIS: 174923
* NBN: NBNSYS0000188663
* NCBI: 33575
* NZOR: 89043c85-f159-42fc-b6d2-f221c7ba9918
* Paleobiology Database: 39567
* WoRMS: 158976

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