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Bostrychia hagedash

species of bird
IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Pelecaniformes • Familia: Threskiornithidae • Genus: Bostrychia • Species: Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790)

Hadeda ibis: A common resident in much of sub-Saharan Africa; often near water. Heavy body with short legs, curved bill and iridescent pink shoulders. Raucus ha-ha-hadeda call.

Calls edit

  • A group calling
  • Pair departing from roost
  • Hadeda ibis call

Illustration edit

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    Copy of a painting by C. G. Finch-Davies

Photos edit

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    On a lawn, Kenya
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    Perched on a building, South Africa
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    Foraging on a lawn, South Africa
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    Foraging on a lawn, South Africa
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    Swallowing an insect extracted from a suburban lawn, South Africa
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    Foraging at a waterhole, South Africa
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    At the waters edge of a lagoon in South Africa
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    Foraging habitat; a lagoon in South Africa
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    Foraging at the waters edge, Uganda
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    Foraging in shallow water, South Africa
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    Perched in a wild fig, Ethiopia
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    In flight
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    Hadeda ibis interaction, South Africa

Eggs and nest edit

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    Museum specimen - Bijagos, Guinée-Bissau
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    A hadeda ibis nest, South Africa
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    Incubating bird
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