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π¦©Glossy Ibis
De zwarte ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is een vogelsoort uit de familie van de ibissen en lepelaars. Hij is goed herkenbaar door het zwarte en donkerbruine verenkleed, dat ook paarse en groene tinten vertoont. Het is een bewoner van ondiepe draslanden en kustgebieden. De vogel nestelt vooral in bomen of in rietvelden.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.63 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 27 years
Everything we know about the Glossy Ibis
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.63 kgAVONETOther figures βHide β
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- 0.43 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Tail length0.1 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Wing length0.27 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Beak length0.12 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Tarsus length0.09 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan27 yearsAnAgeDetails βHide β
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Gestation21 daysAnAgeDetails βHide β
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Litter sizeabout 3AnAgeDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails βHide β
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails βHide β
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails βHide β
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Danger to humansharmlessSeaLifeBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l0.6 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Glossy Ibis yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassAves
- βΊorderPelecaniformes
- βΊfamilyThreskiornithidae
- βΊgenusPlegadis
- βΊspeciesPlegadis falcinellus
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- familyThreskiornithidae
- genusPlegadis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- familyThreskiornithidae
- genusPlegadis
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