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glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Subject: glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
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Brauner Sichler-001 - glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus).jpg
Resolution: 3872x2592 File Size: 5844664 Bytes Date: 2010:03:03 23:06:49 Camera: NIKON D200 (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/7.1 Exposure: 3125/1000000 sec Focal Length: 400/1 Upload Date: 2017:03:26 16:36:29

glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)


English: Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) Turner River Road
Deutsch: Brauner Sichler (Plegadis falcinellus) Turner River Road
Date 3 March 2010
Author Hans Stieglitz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hans_Stieglitz
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brauner_Sichler-001.jpg

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning "sickle" and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill. This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas.
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Plegadis
Species: Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766

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Scientific Name: Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Names: Glossy Ibis
French: Ibis falcinelle; German: Sichler; Spanish: Morito común, Ibis cara oscura;
Taxonomy: Tantalus Falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766, “Austria, Italia” = Neusiedler See, Lower Austria.

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