Bostrychia is a genus of ibises in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found in many countries throughout Africa. Species It contains the following five species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Bostrychia carunculata Wattled ibisEthiopia Bostrychia hagedash Hadada ibisSudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gambia, Kenya, Somalia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Bostrychia olivacea Olive ibis Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaire, Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe Island Bostrychia bocagei São Tomé ibis São Tomé Bostrychia rara Spot-breasted ibisAngola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda
Conservation Four of these species are evaluated as Least Concern status, but the dwarf olive ibis is Critically Endangered according to the IUCN.
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