Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ciconioidea > Family Ciconiidae > Genus Mycteria

Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MycteriaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Tantalus ibis Linnaeus, 1766 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Afrikaanse nimmerzat sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 English: wood ibis; yellow-billed stork sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
 French: tantale ibis sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Nimmersatt sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 Turkish: sari gagali leylek

Literature

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212705

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Peter Adriaens

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