Species profile
Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Quick answer
India to SE Asia; winters to e China, Sumatra and Philippines
- Scientific name
- Threskiornis melanocephalus
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Genus
- Threskiornis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black-headed Ibis in your journal
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