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Plegadis is a bird genus in the family Threskiornithidae. The genus name derives from Ancient Greek plegados, "sickle", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.[1] Member species are found on every continent except Antarctica as well as a number of islands.

Species

The glossy ibis is easily the most widespread of the three species. Plegadis contains the following three species:

Genus Plegadis – Kaup, 1829 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus
(Linnaeus, 1766) 		regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


White-faced ibis

Plegadis chihi
(Vieillot, 1817) 		western United States south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to central Argentina, and along the coast of central Chile.
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Puna ibis

Plegadis ridgwayi
(Allen, 1876) 		Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



A further two fossil species have been placed in the genus:

References

  1. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  2. '^ Vanesa L. De Pietri (2013). "Interrelationships of the Threskiornithidae and the phylogenetic position of the Miocene ibis Plegadis' paganus from the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy area in central France". Ibis. 155 (3): 544–560. doi:10.1111/ibi.12062.


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