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'''''Bostrychia''''' is a genus of [[ibis]]es in the family [[Threskiornithidae]]. Member [[species]] are found in many countries throughout [[Africa]]. |
'''''Bostrychia''''' is a genus of [[ibis]]es in the family [[Threskiornithidae]]. Member [[species]] are found in many countries throughout [[Africa]]. |
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It contains the following five species:<ref>{{cite web |url= |
It contains the following five species:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174956 |title=ITIS Report: ''Bostrychia'' |publisher=[[Integrated Taxonomic Information System]] |accessdate=18 May 2010}}</ref> |
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| Genus: | Bostrychia G.R. Gray, 1847
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Bostrychia is a genus of ibises in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found in many countries throughout Africa.
It contains the following five species:[1]
| 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, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
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Bostrychia olivacea | Olive ibis | Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaire, Tanzania and Sao Tome and Principe Island |
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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 |
Conservation
Four of these species are evaluated as Least Concern status, but the dwarf olive ibis is Critically Endangered according to the IUCN.
References
- ^ "ITIS Report: Bostrychia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
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