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The Jamaican ibis, Jamaican flightless ibis [1] or clubbed-wing ibis [2] (Xenicibis xympithecus) is an extinct bird species of the ibis subfamily uniquely characterized by its club-like wings. [3] It is the only species in the genus Xenicibis , [ 1 ] and one of only two flightless ibis genera, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the other being the genus Apteribis ...
According to legend, the ibis is the last of wildlife to take shelter before a hurricane hits and the first to reappear once the storm has passed. [33] Harvard University's humor magazine, Harvard Lampoon, uses the ibis as its symbol. A copper statue of an ibis is prominently displayed on the roof of the Harvard Lampoon Building at 44 Bow Street.
The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large wading birds. The family has been traditionally classified into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills; however recent genetic studies have cast doubt on this arrangement, and have found the spoonbills to be nested within the Old World ibises, and the New World ibises as an early offshoot.
The red-billed streamertail is the national bird of Jamaica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Jamaica. The avifauna of Jamaica included a total of 332 species as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 28 are endemic, 19 have been introduced by humans, and 159 are rare or accidental. Another species (great-tailed grackle) is concentrated in one area and ...
Having formed Island Records in Jamaica on May 22, 1959, Blackwell was among the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska. [2] Returning to Britain in 1962, he sold records from the back of his car to the Jamaican community. [3] His label became "a byword for uncompromised artistry and era-shaping acts." [7]
An Ibis is one of a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which new world and old world ibises share with the spoonbills. Pages in category "Ibises" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Black-headed ibis: Northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka east up to Japan T. moluccus: Australian white ibis: Eastern, northern and south-western Australia T. spinicollis: Straw-necked ibis: Australia (except parts of Western Australia, South Australia, and south-west Tasmania), Indonesia and New Guinea T. solitarius † Reunion ibis
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