Species Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Glossy ibis)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Pelecaniformes
  • ---- family: Threskiornithidae
  • ----- species: Plegadis falcinellus
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 10 cm; dark brown plumage with green and purple highlights on the wings; long, curved, dark bill
Countries:

AU
Australia
BG
Bulgaria
CH
Switzerland
DE
Germany
ES
Spain
FR
France
GB
United Kingdom
GR
Greece
HT
Haiti
IL
Israel
IN
India
NZ
New Zealand
PT
Portugal
RO
Romania
SE
Sweden
UA
Ukraine
US
United States
VE
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Ecoregions:

AA0402
Eastern Australian temperate forests
AA0409
Southeast Australia temperate forests
AA0705
Einasleigh upland savanna
AA0801
Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands
AA1205
Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands
IM0204
East Deccan dry-evergreen forests
NA0407
Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
NA0411
Northeastern coastal forests
NA0517
Middle Atlantic coastal forests
NA0529
Southeastern conifer forests
NA0701
Western Gulf coastal grasslands
NT0215
Hispaniolan dry forests
NT0709
Llanos
NT0904
Everglades
PA0404
Balkan mixed forests
PA0405
Baltic mixed forests
PA0409
Celtic broadleaf forests
PA0436
Sarmatic mixed forests
PA0445
Western European broadleaf forests
PA0814
Pontic steppe
PA1201
Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
PA1205
Crete Mediterranean forests
PA1215
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
PA1221
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests
PA1325
Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 62
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27713575
Creator: J.M.Garg
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: English: Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/25146187
Date: 2012-11-20
Creator: Flickr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Glossy Ibis Bay County, Florida, US
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/29210066
Date: 2007-04-12
Creator: Dave Spier
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, preening its back in the late afternoon, April 12, at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Virgina's Eastern Shore. This photo was used in the summer, 2007 issue of Delmarva Quarterly. © Dave Spier [note: I generally upload reduced-resolution previews of my images; originals available by request]
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