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Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus · Family Threskiornithidae
Plegadis falcinellus
Family Threskiornithidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,480,644
- Countries and territories with records
- 205
About this species
This species has 1,480,644 occurrence records from 205 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (45.8%), India (11.3%), Spain (9.9%), Australia (5.5%) and South Africa (4.9%); together they account for 77.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.061% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Plegadis falcinellus combines the genus name Plegadis with the species epithet falcinellus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Plegadis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Plegadis chihi and Plegadis ridgwayi.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 34 species of the family Threskiornithidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Eudocimus albus. Its record count is 4.3 times the family average (340,925). The family Threskiornithidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.