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

Pseudibis papillosa
Pseudibis davisoni

The bird genus Pseudibis consists of two South-East Asian species in the ibis subfamily, Threskiornithinae. The giant ibis is also sometimes placed in this genus.

Genus Pseudibis

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pseudibis papillosa Red-naped ibis Indian Subcontinent
Pseudibis davisoni White-shouldered ibis Southeast Asia from Myanmar to Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and north into Yuman in China

The white-shouldered ibis is critically endangered.

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