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Alternative name: Madagascar Sacred Ibis
Dismbiguation: not to be confused with Madagascar Ibis, Lophotibis cristata.

Threskiornis bernieri

Identification

Variation

Subspecies T. b. bernieri has whitish eyes while T. b. abbotti has bluish eyes.

Similar species

[[[[African Sacred Ibis is larger, has dark eyes, larger bill, more black in wing tips, and a neck sac.

Distribution

Madagascar and Aldabra Island (Seychelles)

Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized[1]:

Malagasy Sacred Ibis and African Sacred Ibis were previously treated as one species, Sacred Ibis.

Habitat

Has an exclusive preference for coastal habitats

Behaviour

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v 11.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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External Links

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