Threskiornis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρῆσκος (thrêskos, “religious, devout”) and ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)
Proper noun
Threskiornis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Threskiornithidae – the sacred ibises and other closely related ibises.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Ciconiiformes - order; Threskiornithidae - family; Threskiornithinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Threskiornis aethiopicus (African sacred ibis); Threskiornis bernieri (Malagasy sacred ibis); Threskiornis melanocephalus (black-headed ibis); Threskiornis molucca (Australian white ibis), Threskiornis molucca pygmaeus (Solomons white ibis); Threskiornis spinicollis (straw-necked ibis); †Threskiornis solitarius (extinct) (Reunion ibis) - species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Further reading
- Threskiornis at World Register of Marine Species
- Threskiornis on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Threskiornis at the Catalogue of Life
- Threskiornis at Encyclopedia of Life
- Threskiornis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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