African sacred ibis | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Species of bird

The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae. It is native to much of Africa, as well as small parts of Iraq, Iran and Kuwait.[1] It is especially known for its role in the religion of the Ancient Egyptians, where it was linked to the god Thoth. The species is currently extirpated from Egypt.

It is very closely related to the black-headed ibis and the Australian white ibis, with which it forms a superspecies complex, so much so that the three species are considered conspecific by some ornithologists.[2] In mixed flocks these ibises often hybridise.[3] The Australian white ibis is often called the sacred ibis colloquially.[4]

Although known to the ancient civilisations of Greece, ...