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Threskiornithidae  Poche, 1904
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174922

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Plataleinae Bonaparte, 1838
  
    Threskiornithinae Poche, 1904
  
  Common Name(s): Ibises [English]
  
    Spoonbills [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPelecaniformes  – Pelicans, pélicans, Ibises, ibis, Herons, hérons  
                            FamilyThreskiornithidae Poche, 1904 – Ibises, Spoonbills  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusBostrychia G. R. Gray, 1847  
                               GenusCercibis Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusEudocimus Wagler, 1832 – White Ibises 
                               GenusGeronticus Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusLophotibis Reichenbach, 1853  
                               GenusMesembrinibis J. L. Peters, 1930  
                               GenusNipponia Reichenbach, 1853  
                               GenusPhimosus Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusPlatalea Linnaeus, 1758 – Spoonbills 
                               GenusPlegadis Kaup, 1829  
                               GenusPseudibis Hodgson, 1844  
                               GenusTheristicus Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusThreskiornis G. R. Gray, 1842  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Threskiornithidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Threskiornithidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Threskiornithidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Threskiornithidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.25, website (version 25-Jan-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Threskiornithidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Threskiornithidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poche, Franz   
  Publication Date: 1904   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ein bisher nicht bertücksichtigtes zoologisches Werk aus dem Jahre 1758, in dem die Grundsätze der binären Nomenklatur befolgt sind   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 27   
  Page(s): 495-510   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30138496   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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