Ibisbill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Ibidorhynchidae Bonaparte, 1856 |
Genus: | Ibidorhyncha Vigors, 1832 |
Species: | I. struthersii
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Binomial name | |
Ibidorhyncha struthersii Vigors, 1832
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Synonyms | |
Clorhynchus strophiatus Hodgson, 1835 |
The ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii) is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Ibidorhynchidae. It is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down-curved bill, and a black face and black breast band. It occurs on the shingle riverbanks of the high plateau of central Asia and the Himalayas.