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African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 456, February 328, March 376, April 884, May 429, June 271, July 242, August 298, September 424, October 536, November 395, December 369.
South Africa5,008
Western Cape3,519
Italy2,500
United States1,553
Alaska1,495
Nord-Ovest1,224
Nord-Est924
Kenya757
Tanzania542
Taiwan472

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPelicans, Herons, and Allies · Pelecaniformes
FamilyIbises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae
GenusSacred Ibises and Allies · Threskiornis

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