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  • Synonyms Sacred Ibis, White Ibis, Aldabra Sacred Ibis, Aldabra Ibis, Sacred Ibis (African)
  • Old latin name for bird Tantalus aethiopicus, Threskiornis aethiopica

African Sacred Ibisbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, wind, © Nick Talbot
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 3.
    Adult, call, sex uncertain, © Nature sounds by Simply Birding
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Adult, sex uncertain, song, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 5.
    Begging call, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Kenya
  • 6.
    Begging call, © Stanislas Wroza
    Spain
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see African Sacred Ibis

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion Africa s of the Sahara, Iraq

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSkoorsteenveër, Skoorsteenveer
AlbanianKojliku i shenjtë
Arabicأبو منجل الأبيض, أبو منجل المقدس الأفريقي
AzerbaijaniMüqəddəs ibis
BasqueIbis sakratua, Ibis sakratu
BelarusianСвяшчэны ібіс
Bengali঩চফত্র কামস্তচযা
BretonAn ibiz sakr, Ibiz sakr
BulgarianАфрикански свещен ибис, Свещен ибис
Catalanibis sagrat africà, Ibis sagrat
Chinese非洲白鹮, 白鹮, 埃及圣鹮
Chinese (Traditional)埃及聖䴉, 埃及聖鹮〔非洲白鹮〕
Croatiansveti ibis
Czechibis posvátný ssp. aethiopicus, ibis posvátný
DanishHellig Ibis
DutchHeilige Ibis, Heilge ibis, Heilige Ibis (Afrikaanse)
EsperantoAfrika blanka ibiso, Sankta ibiso
Estonianpühaiibis
Finnishpyhäiibis (aethiopicus), pyhäiibis
FrenchIbis sacré (nominal), Ibis sacré (aethiopicus), Ibis sacré, Ibis sacré (nominale), Ibis sacré (race nominale)
FrisianHellige ibis
GalicianIbis sagrado
GermanPharaonenibis, HeiligerIbis, Heiliger Ibis, Ibis
GreekΙερή Ίβιδα, Iερόκoτα
Hebrewאיב-ים שחור־ראש, איביס קדוש
HungarianSzent ibisz, szent íbisz, Szent íbisz (Afrikai)
IcelandicNílaríbis (aethiopicus), Nílaríbis
IndonesianIbis putih kepala hitam
Irishíbis bheannaithe
ItalianIbis sacro (aethiopicus), Ibis sacro
Japaneseアフリカクロトキ, アフリカクロトキ (aethiopicus)
KazakhКиелі тырнақұтан
Korean검은머리흰따오기
Latviansvētais ibiss
Lithuanianšventasis ibis, Šventasis ibisas, Šventasis ibis (aethiopicus)
MacedonianСвет ибис
MalagasyVoronondry, Voronosy
Malteseibis sagru
ManxEebis vannit
Northern SamiBasseibis
Norwegianhelligibis, helligibis (aethiopicus)
Persianاکراس آفریقایی
Polishibis czczony
PortugueseÍbis-sagrado, íbis-sagrada, Ibis-sagrado, Ibis-sagrada, Íbis-sagrada
RomanianIbis sacru
Romanshibis sontg
RussianСвященный ибис, Ибис священный
SerbianAfrički sveti ibis, Etiopski ražanj, Sveti ibis, Sveti ibis (aethiopicus)
Slovakibis posvätný, Ibis posva/tný
Sloveniansveti ibis
SpanishIbis Sagrado (africano), Ibis Sagrada, Ibis sagrado, Ibis Sagrado (aethiopicus)
SwahiliKwarara Shingo-nyeusi
Swedishhelig ibis
Tatarизге ибис
Thaiนกช้อนหอยขาว, นกช้อนหอยขาวแอฟริกา, นกช้อนหอยขาวแอฟริกา (แอฟริกา), นกกุลา
TsongaN'wafayaswitlangi
TurkishKutsal Aynak
Ukrainianібіс священний
WelshIbis cysegredig
ZuluumXwagele