1. Nigel J Collar
2. Theristicus Caudatus Wikipedia

(, 1789)Theristicus is a genus of in the family. They are found in open, grassy habitats in. All have a long, decurved dark, relatively short reddish legs that do not extend beyond the tail in flight (unlike e.g. And ), and at least the back is grey.Taxonomy The genus Theristicus was erected by the German naturalist in 1832 with the ( Theristicus melanopis) as the.

The name is from the theristikos meaning 'of reaping'.Formerly, T. Caudatus included T. Melanopis as a, but today all major authorities accept the.ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistributionTheristicus caerulescenssouth-western Brazil, especially in southern Mato Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul; Paraguay, especially in the Chaco and in the Paraguayan section of the Parana Basin; Uruguay; north-eastern Argentina and northern and eastern BoliviaTheristicus caudatusnorthern and central South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and BrazilTheristicus melanopiscentral Argentina and ChileTheristicus branickiiwestern South AmericaReferences. Gray (1849). Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

P. 566. (1832). Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). Cols 1218–1235 1231.; Cottrell, G. William, eds.

Volume 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. P. 258. Jobling, James A.

London: Christopher Helm. P. 384. Matheu, E., & J. Del Hoyo (1992).

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Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills). Pp. 472–506 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & J. Sargatal (editors). Handbook of the Birds of the World.

Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

.Theristicus estas genro de de la familio. Ili troviĝas en malfermaj, herbejaj habitatoj en. Ĉiuj havas longajn, subenkurbajn malhelajn, relative mallongajn ruĝecajn krurojn kiuj ne etendas preter la vosto dumfluge (malkiel ekz. Kaj ), kaj almenau la dorso estas griza.Taksonomio Iam, T.

Caudatus inkludis T. Melanopiskiel, sed nune ĉiuj ĉefaj fakuloj akceptas la disigon. Krome oni ĵus sugestis, ke la branickii estu konsiderata specio, sed ĝis nun plej fakuloj plutenas ĝin kiel subspecio de T. Melanopis., Theristicus caerulescens., Theristicus caudatus., Theristicus melanopis., Theristicus (melanopis) branickii.Referencoj.

Matheu, E., & J. Del Hoyo (1992). Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills).

Theristicus Caudatus Wikipedia

Pp. 472–506 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & J. Sargatal (editors). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.