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 Threskiornithoidea > Family Threskiornithidae > Genus Plegadis

Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PlegadisKaup, 1829accepted genus name

Species group names

Tantalus falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: kojliku i zi sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Danish: sort ibis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: zwarte ibis sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 English: glossy ibis sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
 French: ibis falcinelle sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: brauner Sichler; Braunsichler; Sichler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Ευρασιατική Χαλκόκοτα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: מגלן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: mignattaio sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: rudasis ibisas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: bronseibis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: bronseibis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: bronseibis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: ibis kasztanowaty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: ţigănuş sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: kоровайка; каравайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: plevica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: morito común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: bronsibis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: celtikci; çeltikçi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Коровайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: crymanbig ddu

Literature

basis of record

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

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

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158977

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ac30f986-4dde-4f5e-8fed-ac6cf16e3e33

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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