White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (34)
- Monotypic
Ronald A. Ryder and David E. Manry
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1994
Text last updated January 1, 1994
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witwangibis |
| Catalan | capó carablanc |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白脸彩鹮 |
| Czech | ibis americký |
| Danish | Hvidmasket Ibis |
| Dutch | Witmaskeribis |
| English | White-faced Ibis |
| English (United States) | White-faced Ibis |
| Finnish | amerikanpronssi-iibis |
| French | Ibis à face blanche |
| French (France) | Ibis à face blanche |
| German | Brillensichler |
| Icelandic | Fölíbis |
| Japanese | カオジロブロンズトキ |
| Norwegian | hvitgrimeibis |
| Polish | ibis amerykański |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | caraúna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Íbis-de-faces-brancas |
| Russian | Очковая каравайка |
| Serbian | Beloliki ražanj |
| Slovak | ibisovec okuliarnatý |
| Spanish | Morito Cariblanco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Cuervillo de Cañada |
| Spanish (Chile) | Cuervo de pantano común |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Ibis Cariblanco |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Ibis Cara Blanca |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ibis Ojos Rojos |
| Spanish (Panama) | Ibis Cariblanco |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Cuervillo de cañada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Morito cariblanco |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Cuervillo de Cañada |
| Swedish | maskibis |
| Turkish | Ak Yüzlü Çeltikçi |
| Ukrainian | Коровайка американська |
Plegadis chihi (Vieillot, 1817)
PROTONYM:
Numenius chihi
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8, p.303.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Paraguay and campos of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PLEGADIS
- plegadis
- chihi
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the White-faced Ibis
