Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766

- Tantalus falcinellus

- Ibis falcinellus

- Falcinellus falcinellus

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 301C7A62-6B11-567C-9E0D-A99056E938CF; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Pelecaniformes ; family: Threskiornithidae ; genus: Plegadis ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Thua Thien Hue; locality: O Lau river ; verbatimElevation: 1 m; verbatimLatitude: 16 ° 40.109 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 107 ° 24.361 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Glossy Ibis has been recorded as a vagrant in East Tonkin and a fairly common resident in Cochinchina ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record for the species in Central Annam. Globally, this species is widespread from Africa to southern Europe. In Southeast Asia, Glossy Ibis is recorded as a resident in Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 55-65 cm. Adult non-breeding: Mostly uniform dark brownish with white streaks on head and neck, green gloss on scapulars and upperwing-coverts. Pale brownish bill, dark brownish legs and feet, dark facial skin bordered above and below by distinctive narrow white line. Adult breeding: Head, neck and body mostly deep chestnut, forecrown glossed green, much of plumage with purplish tinge, no streaks on head and neck, but more pronounced white border to lores, bill mostly flesh-coloured (Fig. 13 ).

Figures

Figure 13. The adult Plegadis falcinellus in breeding plumage (IEBR B. 628) was photographed in O Lau rivermouth, Thua Thien Hue Province