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Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca · Family Threskiornithidae
Threskiornis molucca
Family Threskiornithidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,002,766
- Countries and territories with records
- 16
About this species
This species has 1,002,766 occurrence records from 16 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.92% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Threskiornis molucca combines the genus name Threskiornis with the species epithet molucca. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Threskiornis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Threskiornis spinicollis, Threskiornis aethiopicus and Threskiornis melanocephalus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 34 species of the family Threskiornithidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Eudocimus albus. Its record count is 2.9 times the family average (340,925). The family Threskiornithidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.