Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/BDJ.12.e133721

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13805925

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scientific name

Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766
status

 

Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766 View in CoL

- Tantalus falcinellus

- Ibis falcinellus

- Falcinellus falcinellus View in CoL

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 301C7A62-6B11-567C-9E0D-A99056E938CF; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Pelecaniformes ; family: Threskiornithidae ; genus: Plegadis ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Thua Thien Hue; locality: O Lau river ; verbatimElevation: 1 m; verbatimLatitude: 16 ° 40.109 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 107 ° 24.361 ’ E GoogleMaps

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Glossy Ibis has been recorded as a vagrant in East Tonkin and a fairly common resident in Cochinchina ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record for the species in Central Annam. Globally, this species is widespread from Africa to southern Europe. In Southeast Asia, Glossy Ibis is recorded as a resident in Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 55-65 cm. Adult non-breeding: Mostly uniform dark brownish with white streaks on head and neck, green gloss on scapulars and upperwing-coverts. Pale brownish bill, dark brownish legs and feet, dark facial skin bordered above and below by distinctive narrow white line. Adult breeding: Head, neck and body mostly deep chestnut, forecrown glossed green, much of plumage with purplish tinge, no streaks on head and neck, but more pronounced white border to lores, bill mostly flesh-coloured (Fig. 13 View Figure 13 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae

Genus

Plegadis

Loc

Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang 2024
2024
Loc

Tantalus falcinellus

- Tantalus falcinellus
Loc

Ibis falcinellus

- Ibis falcinellus
Loc

Falcinellus falcinellus

- Falcinellus falcinellus