Bostrychia is a genus of ibises in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found in many countries throughout Africa.
| Bostrychia | |
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| Bostrychia hagedash | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Threskiornithidae |
| Subfamily: | Threskiornithinae |
| Genus: | Bostrychia G.R. Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Ibis carunculata[1] | |
Species
editIt contains the following five species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Bostrychia carunculata | Wattled ibis | Ethiopia |
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Bostrychia hagedash | Hadada ibis | Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gambia, Kenya, Somalia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
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Bostrychia olivacea | Olive ibis | Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaire, Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe Island |
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Bostrychia bocagei | São Tomé ibis | São Tomé |
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Bostrychia rara | Spot-breasted ibis | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda |
Conservation
editFour of these species are evaluated as Least Concern status, but the dwarf olive ibis is Critically Endangered according to the IUCN.
References
edit- ^ "Threskornithidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ G.R. Gray (1849). The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. Vol. 3. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 566.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Bostrychia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
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