Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | ibis zelený |
Dutch | Groene Ibis |
English | Green Ibis |
English (United States) | Green Ibis |
Finnish | viheriibis |
French | Ibis vert |
French (France) | Ibis vert |
German | Grünibis |
Japanese | アオアシトキ |
Norwegian | grønnakkeibis |
Polish | ibis zielony |
Portuguese (Brazil) | coró-coró |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Coró-coró |
Russian | Кайеннский ибис |
Serbian | Zeleni ražanj |
Slovak | ibis smútočný |
Spanish | Ibis Verde |
Spanish (Argentina) | Tapicurú |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Ibis Verde |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Ibis Verde |
Spanish (Honduras) | Ibis Verde |
Spanish (Panama) | Ibis Verde |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Tapicurú |
Spanish (Peru) | Ibis Verde |
Spanish (Spain) | Ibis verde |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Corocoro Negro |
Swedish | grön ibis |
Turkish | Zümrüt Aynak |
Ukrainian | Ібіс каєнський |
Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
Version: 1.0 — Published January 17, 2011
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Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
This bird is found throughout northern South America, as far south as northern Argentina, and north into southern Central America, as far north as eastern Honduras (Marcus 1983) and Nicaragua (Martínez-Sánchez and Will 2010).
Distribution outside the Americas
This bird is not found outside the Americas.
Habitat
Across most of its range, the Green Ibis occurs in flooded, swampy and gallery forests, and at the margins of forested lakes (Hilty and Brown 1986, Ridgely and Gwynne 1989, Parker et al. 1996, Hilty 2003, Schulenberg et al. 2007). Also utilizes overgrown coffee plantations (Haverschmidt 1968). During the wet season (May-November), the Green Ibis can be found in pantanal habitats, but comes out to the llanos during the dry season (November-August) (Hancock et al. 1992).
Historical changes
None reported.
Fossil history
Two fossils of this species from the Upper Pliocene were uncovered in Meade County, Kansas (Collins 1964). The first fossil was an upper mandible, attributed to this species because it lacks the lateral swelling near the tip common to all other species except Pseudibis, which today is found in Asia (Collins 1964). The mandible was further distinguished from similar species, such as the Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus), by the midventral groove that ended six mm from the tip, whereas the midventral groove of the Buff-necked Ibis ends fifteen mm from the tip (Collins 1964). The second fossil was an unusually stocky coracoid, attributed to this species by a distinctively depressed outer surface (Collins 1964).