Bostrychia

For the alga, see Bostrychia (alga).

Bostrychia is a genus of ibises in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found in many countries throughout Africa.

Bostrychia
Bostrychia hagedash
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Threskiornithidae
Subfamily:	Threskiornithinae
Genus:	Bostrychia G.R. Gray, 1847
Type species
Ibis carunculata[1] (Rüppell, 1837)[2]

Species

It contains the following five species:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Bostrychia carunculata	Wattled ibis	Ethiopia
	Bostrychia hagedash	Hadada ibis	Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gambia, Kenya, Somalia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
	Bostrychia olivacea	Olive ibis	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaire, Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe Island
	Bostrychia bocagei	São Tomé ibis	São Tomé
	Bostrychia rara	Spot-breasted ibis	Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda

Conservation

Four of these species are evaluated as Least Concern status, but the dwarf olive ibis is Critically Endangered according to the IUCN.

References

1. "Threskornithidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
2. G.R. Gray (1849). The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. Vol. 3. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 566.
3. "ITIS Report: Bostrychia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 May 2010.