Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)

Other Names (World)
Green Ibis, Cayenne Ibis

Family
Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)

Size
50 - 58 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Eastern Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia; east of Andes, from southern Venezuela and the Guianas south through eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia and Brazil to Paraguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) [XC713699]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Reserva do Setor S\u00edtio de Recreio Cara\u00edbas-Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) [XC863848]
by id from Fazenda S\u00e3o Miguel, Itaj\u00e1, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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