Pseudibis
Pseudibis | |
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Pseudibis papillosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Threskiornithidae |
Subfamily: | Threskiornithinae |
Genus: | Pseudibis Hodgson, 1844 |
Type species | |
Pseudibis papillosa (Temminck, 1824)
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Species | |
The bird genus Pseudibis consists of two South-East Asian species in the ibis subfamily, Threskiornithinae. The giant ibis is also sometimes placed in this genus.
Genus Pseudibis
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Pseudibis papillosa | Red-naped ibis | Indian Subcontinent | |
Pseudibis davisoni | White-shouldered ibis | Southeast Asia from Myanmar to Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and north into Yuman in China |
The white-shouldered ibis is critically endangered.
External links[]
Media related to Pseudibis at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Threskiornithidae
- Bird genera
- Pelecaniformes stubs