Plegadis ridgwayi (Puna Ibis)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Puna Ibis

Common Names in French:

Ibis De Ridgway

Common Names in German:

Punaibis

Description

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Physical Description

Adult : Body: Back: black Flanks: violet Wings: Coverts: red sheen Flight Feathers: green sheen.

Habitat

Vegetation: freshwater marshes, freshwater marshes, bogs • Minimum Elevation: 3,100 meters • Maximum Elevation: 4,800 meters • Zoogeographic Region: Altiplano and Western Andes • Foraging Strata: Water • Center of Abundance: Upper montaine: mountains, upper range, above 3,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Ecology:
List of Habitats :5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Ciconiiformes () - Bonaparte, 1854 - Albatrosses, Alcids
        Suborder: Ciconii () - �
        Infraorder: Ciconiides () - �
        Parvorder: Ciconiida ()
        Superfamily: Threskiornithoidea () - Richmond, 1917
        Family: Threskiornithidae () - Richmond, 1917
        Genus: Plegadis () - Kaup, 1829
        Specific name: ridgwayi - (Allen, 1876)
        Scientific name: - Plegadis ridgwayi (Allen, 1876)

Unambiguous Synonyms

Plegadis ridgwayi (Allen, 1876)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Plegadis

There are approximately 7 species in this genus:

P. chihi (White-Faced Ibis) · P. falcinellus (Glossy Ibis) · P. falcinellus falcinellus (Glossy Ibis) · P. falcinellus peregrinus · P. falcinellus ssp · P. gracilis · P. ridgwayi (Puna Ibis)

Bibliography

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Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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Notes

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Contributors

BirdLife International 2004. Plegadis ridgwayi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851812
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174927
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13848843
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174927
IUCN ID: 49622
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152974