WoRMS taxon details

Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)

158977  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158977)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tantalus falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Description Length: 55-71 cm. Plumage: dark with purple gloss on neck, back and head, green gloss on wing coverts; non-breeding...  
Description Length: 55-71 cm. Plumage: dark with purple gloss on neck, back and head, green gloss on wing coverts; non-breeding greener with greyish below. Immature sooty black with brown below. Bare parts: iris brown; facial skin purplish black, blue at start of breeding season; bill olive brown, decurved; feet and legs olive brown. Habitat:<388><393><391> [details]

Distribution Caribbean; North America; range extends from New Brunswick to southern Florida  
Distribution Caribbean; North America; range extends from New Brunswick to southern Florida [details]
WoRMS (2024). Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158977 on 2024-04-23
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original description  (of Tantalus falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]   

basis of record Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]   

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]   

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>  [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Length: 55-71 cm. Plumage: dark with purple gloss on neck, back and head, green gloss on wing coverts; non-breeding greener with greyish below. Immature sooty black with brown below. Bare parts: iris brown; facial skin purplish black, blue at start of breeding season; bill olive brown, decurved; feet and legs olive brown. Habitat:<388><393><391> [details]

Dimensions Length: 23" (58 cm); Wingspan: 36" (91 cm) [details]

Distribution Caribbean; North America; range extends from New Brunswick to southern Florida [details]

Reproduction Breeds from Maine to Texas and south to Cuba and Puerto Rico. Winters from the Guldf States to northern South America. [details]
LanguageName 
Albanian kojliku i zi  [details]
Danish sort ibis  [details]
Dutch zwarte ibis  [details]
English glossy ibis  [details]
French ibis falcinelle  [details]
German SichlerBraunsichlerbrauner Sichler  [details]
Hebrew מגלן  [details]
Italian mignattaio  [details]
Lithuanian rudasis ibisas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ευρασιατική Χαλκόκοτα  [details]
Norwegian bronseibis  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål bronseibis  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk bronseibis  [details]
Polish ibis kasztanowaty  [details]
Romanian ţigănuş  [details]
Russian каравайкаkоровайка  [details]
Slovenian plevica  [details]
Spanish morito común  [details]
Swedish bronsibis  [details]
Turkish çeltikçiceltikci  [details]
Ukrainian Коровайка  [details]
Welsh crymanbig ddu  [details]