White-shouldered Ibis vs African Sacred Ibis

Pseudibis davisoni مقارنةً بـ Threskiornis aethiopicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة White-shouldered Ibis African Sacred Ibis
الاسم العلمي Pseudibis davisoni Threskiornis aethiopicus
الرتبة Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
الفصيلة Threskiornithidae Threskiornithidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 81,4 cm (32.0 in) 72,8 cm (28.7 in)
الوزن 1588,0 g (56.02 oz) 1522,0 g (53.69 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-4 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

White-shouldered Ibis only

African Sacred Ibis only

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

White-shouldered Ibis

Least Concern

African Sacred Ibis

About These Birds

White-shouldered Ibis

75–80 cm. Large; dark brown with white shoulder patch; bare red facial skin. Critically Endangered; fewer than 250 birds known. Restricted to lowland Mekong forests of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Threatened by forest clearance and hunting; one of Asia's rarest birds.

African Sacred Ibis

65–89 cm. White with bare black head and neck; black wingtips; red underwing stripe. Widespread sub-Saharan Africa, Nile Delta, and naturalised in southern Europe and elsewhere. Feeds by probing in wetlands and grasslands for invertebrates. Colonial breeder; associated with ancient Egyptian mythology.

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