Black-faced sheathbill

Black-faced sheathbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Chionidae
Genus: Chionis
Species:
C. minor
Binomial name
Chionis minor
Hartlaub, 1841

The black-faced sheathbill (Chionis minor), also known as the lesser sheathbill or paddy bird, is one of only two species of sheathbills, aberrant shorebirds which are terrestrial scavengers of subantarctic islands.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Chionis minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693567A93413079. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693567A93413079.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.