Narrow-billed ibis

Narrow-billed ibis
	Narrow- billed ibis ( Plegadis ridgwayi )
Systematics
Class :	Birds (aves)
Order :	Pelecaniformes
Family :	Ibises and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Genre :	Plegadis
Type :	Narrow-billed ibis
Scientific name
	Plegadis ridgwayi
	( Allen , 1876)

The narrow- beaked ibis ( Plegadis ridgwayi ), also called Punaibis, is an ibis from South America that is similar to the brown ibis . The population of this species was classified in the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species as Least Concern .

External features

The narrow-beaked ibis becomes about 56 cm long. The predominantly dark and strikingly short-legged bird with the typical ibis shape has brown, shimmering purple plumage. The wings and tail have a metallic sheen. The red beak, which distinguishes it from the brown ibis, is typical.

distribution

The narrow-billed ibis occurs in the Andes of Peru , Bolivia , Chile and Argentina at altitudes between 3,100 and 4,800 and inhabits wetlands there.

behavior

Little is known about the behavior of the narrow-billed ibis. It breeds in colonies in the reed beds, the clutch usually comprises two eggs.

Trivia

The specific epithet ridgwayi honors the American zoologist Robert Ridgway , who, as curator, looked after the bird collections of several important natural history museums, was one of the founding members of the American Ornithologists' Union and was awarded the William Brewster Medal for his achievements in 1919 .

literature

W. Grummt , H. Strehlow (Ed.): Zoo animal keeping birds. Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8171-1636-2 .

Web links

Commons : Narrow- beaked ibis ( Plegadis ridgwayi ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Videos, photos and sound recordings of Plegadis ridgwayi in the Internet Bird Collection

Plegadis ridgwayi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Endangered Species . Posted by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

Single receipts

↑ Plegadis ridgwayi in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved on October 10, 2017th
↑ W. Grummt, H. Strehlow (Ed.): Zoo animal keeping birds. Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8171-1636-2 , p. 107.
↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins: Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds . Christopher Helm, London 2003, ISBN 0-7136-6647-1 , pp. 205 .

[IUCN-1] Plegadis ridgwayi in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved on October 10, 2017th

[2] W. Grummt, H. Strehlow (Ed.): Zoo animal keeping birds. Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8171-1636-2 , p. 107.

[3] Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins: Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds . Christopher Helm, London 2003, ISBN 0-7136-6647-1 , pp. 205 .