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 | |
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] |
It contains the following five species:[3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Bostrychia carunculata | Wattled ibis | Ethiopia | |
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. | |
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 | |
Bostrychia bocagei | São Tomé ibis | São Tomé | |
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 |
Four of these species are evaluated as Least Concern status, but the dwarf olive ibis is Critically Endangered according to the IUCN.