Threskiornis

Translingual

Threskiornis molucca

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρῆσκος (thrêskos, “religious, devout”) and ὄρνῑς (órnīs, “bird”).

Proper noun

Threskiornis m

1. 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