Threskiornis
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Threskiornis molucca
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρῆσκος (thrêskos, “religious, devout”) and ὄρνῑς (órnīs, “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
Threskiornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Threskiornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Threskiornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Threskiornis at World Register of Marine Species
- Threskiornis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Threskiornis at the Catalogue of Life
- Threskiornis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
