Bostrychia

Bostrychia
Bostrychia hagedash
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Subfamily: Threskiornithinae
Genus: Bostrychia
G.R. Gray, 1847
Type species
Ibis carunculata[1]
(Rüppell, 1837)[2]

Bostrychia is a genus of ibises in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found in many countries throughout Africa.

  1. ^ "Threskornithidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ G.R. Gray (1849). The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. Vol. 3. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 566.