Pseudibis

The bird genus Pseudibis consists of three South-East Asian species in the ibis subfamily, Threskiornithinae.

Pseudibis
Pseudibis papillosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Subfamily: Threskiornithinae
Genus: Pseudibis
Hodgson, 1844
Type species
Ibis papillosa
Temminck, 1824
Species

Pseudibis papillosa
Pseudibis davisoni Pseudibis gigantea

Genus Pseudibis

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Pseudibis papillosaRed-naped ibisIndian Subcontinent
Pseudibis davisoniWhite-shouldered ibisSoutheast Asia from Myanmar to Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and north into Yunnan in China
Pseudibis giganteaGiant IbisNorthern Cambodia, with a few birds surviving in extreme southern Laos

The white-shouldered ibis is critically endangered.

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