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.
| Plegadis | |
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| Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Threskiornithidae |
| Subfamily: | Threskiornithinae |
| Genus: | Plegadis Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Tantalus falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766
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| Synonyms | |
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Plegadornis C. L. Brehm, 1855 | |
Species
editThe glossy ibis is easily the most widespread of the three species. Plegadis contains the following three species:
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Glossy ibis
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Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas
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| White-faced ibis
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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.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Puna ibis
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Plegadis ridgwayi (Allen, 1876) |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
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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
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- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- '^ 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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