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ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES
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PHY : Grebes and flamingos are sister taxa (Hackett et al 2008, Mayr 2008) |
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Grebes (23)
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Family Podicipedidae
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| Alaotra Grebe |
Tachybaptus rufolavatus † (Delacour, 1932) |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) |
EU, AF, OR : widespread |
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T. r. ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) |
Europe to the Ural Mts. and nw Africa |
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T. r. albescens (Blanford, 1877) |
Caucasus to Burma and Sri Lanka |
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T. r. iraquensis (Ticehurst, 1923) |
Iraq, sw Iran |
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T. r. capensis (Salvadori, 1884) |
Africa s of the Sahara, Madagascar |
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T. r. poggei (Reichenow, 1902) |
ne to se Asia, Kuril Is., Japan, Taiwan |
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T. r. philippensis (Bonnaterre, 1791) |
Philippines (except Mindanao) |
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T. r. cotabato (Rand, 1948) |
Mindanao (Philippines) |
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| Tricolored Grebe |
Tachybaptus tricolor (Gray, GR, 1861) |
OR, AU : Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, Solomon Is. |
AS : Tricolored Grebe is split from Little Grebe, with possible additional split of red-eyed and yellow-eyed populations (Mlíkovský 2010, Fjeldsa comm) |
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T. t. vulcanorum (Rensch, 1929) |
Sulawesi, n Moluccas to New Guinea |
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T. t. tricolor (Gray, GR, 1861) |
Java and Timor, the Lesser Sundas |
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T. t. collaris (Mayr, 1945) |
ne New Guinea to Bougainville I. (Solomon Is.) |
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| Australasian Grebe |
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) |
AU : widespread |
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T. n. javanicus (Mayr, 1943) |
Java |
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T. n. fumosus (Mayr, 1943) |
Talaud and Sangihe Is. (ne of Sulawesi) |
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T. n. incola (Mayr, 1943) |
n New Guinea |
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T. n. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) |
s New Guinea to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand |
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T. n. leucosternos (Mayr, 1931) |
Vanuatu and New Caledonia |
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T. n. rennellianus (Mayr, 1943) |
Rennell I. (Solomon Is.) |
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| Madagascar Grebe |
Tachybaptus pelzelnii (Hartlaub, 1861) |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Least Grebe |
Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
NA, LA : s Texas to n Argentina |
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T. d. brachypterus (Chapman, 1899) |
s Texas (USA) to wc Mexico and Panama |
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T. d. bangsi (van Rossem & Hachisuka, 1937) |
w Mexico |
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T. d. dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
Greater Antilles |
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T. d. brachyrhynchus (Chapman, 1899) |
n South America to n Argentina |
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T. d. eisenmanni Storer & Getty, 1985 |
w Ecuador |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) |
NA, LA : widespread |
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P. p. podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) |
n North America to Panama and Cuba |
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P. p. antillarum Bangs, 1913 |
Greater and Lesser Antilles |
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P. p. antarcticus (Lesson, 1842) |
n South America to s Argentina |
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| Atitlan Grebe |
Podilymbus gigas † Griscom, 1929 |
MA : Guatemala |
EXT, PL : Atlitlan Grebe is genetically nested within Pied-billed Grebe (Fjelds?, unpubl) |
| White-tufted Grebe |
Rollandia rolland (Gaimard, 1823) |
SA : s |
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R. r. chilensis (Lesson, 1828) |
wc Peru to s Brazil and Tierra del Fuego |
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R. r. morrisoni (Simmons, 1962) |
c Peru (Lake Junin) |
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R. r. rolland (Gaimard, 1823) |
Falkland Is. |
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| Titicaca Grebe |
Rollandia microptera (Gould, 1868) |
SA : Lake Titicaca |
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| Hoary-headed Grebe |
Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby, 1827) |
AU : Australia |
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| New Zealand Grebe |
Poliocephalus rufopectus (Gray, GR, 1843) |
AU : n New Zealand |
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| Great Grebe |
Podiceps major (Boddaert, 1783) |
SA : s |
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P. m. major (Boddaert, 1783) |
w Peru, Paraguary and se Brazil to c Chile and s Argentina |
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P. m. navasi Manghi, 1984 |
s Chile |
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| Red-necked Grebe |
Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) |
NA, EU : widespread |
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P. g. grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) |
n, c Eurasia |
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P. g. holbollii Reinhardt, 1853 |
ne Asia, n North America |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
EU, AF, OR, AU : widespread |
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P. c. cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Eurasia |
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P. c. infuscatus Salvadori, 1884 |
Africa |
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P. c. australis Gould, 1844 |
Australia, Tasmania, South I. (New Zealand) |
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| Horned Grebe |
Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
NA, EU : widespread |
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P. a. auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
n Eurasia |
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P. a. cornutus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
Canada, n USA |
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| Black-necked Grebe |
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, CL, 1831 |
EU, AF, NA, MA : widespread |
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P. n. nigricollis Brehm, CL, 1831 |
Eurasia |
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P. n. gurneyi (Roberts, 1919) |
Africa south of the Sahara |
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P. n. californicus Heermann, 1854 |
North America |
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| Colombian Grebe |
Podiceps andinus † (Meyer de Schauensee, 1959) |
SA : c Colombia |
EXTINCT : Podiceps andinus (extinct) is genetically nested within P.nigricollis (Fjelds?, comm) |
| Silvery Grebe |
Podiceps occipitalis Garnot, 1826 |
SA : w, s |
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P. o. juninensis Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894 |
Colombia to nw Argentina and n Chile |
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P. o. occipitalis Garnot, 1826 |
c and s Chile and Argentina, Falkland Is. |
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| Junin Grebe |
Podiceps taczanowskii Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894 |
SA : Peru |
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| Hooded Grebe |
Podiceps gallardoi Rumboll, 1974 |
SA : sw Argentina |
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| Western Grebe |
Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858) |
NA, MA : w |
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A. o. occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858) |
se Alaska and w Canada to nc USA |
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A. o. ephemeralis Dickerman, 1986 |
w Mexico |
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| Clark's Grebe |
Aechmophorus clarkii (Lawrence, 1858) |
NA, MA : w |
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A. c. clarkii (Lawrence, 1858) |
n and c Mexico |
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A. c. transitionalis Dickerman, 1986 |
w Canada and w USA |
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ORDER PHOENICOPTERIFORMES
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Flamingos (6)
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Family Phoenicopteridae
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| Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 |
EU, AF : widespread |
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| American Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 |
LA n, Galápagos Islands, also Caribbean, |
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| Chilean Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782 |
SA : s, w |
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| Lesser Flamingo |
Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É, 1798) |
AF, OR : e Africa, Namibia/Botswana, Mauritania/Senegal and nw India/ se Pakistan |
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| Andean Flamingo |
Phoenicoparrus andinus (Philippi, 1854) |
SA : s Peru, w Bolivia, n Chile and nw Argentina |
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| James's Flamingo |
Phoenicoparrus jamesi (Sclater, PL, 1886) |
SA : s Peru, w Bolivia, n Chile and nw Argentina |
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ORDER PHAETHONTIFORMES
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PHY : Not Pelecaniformes, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae) are separated to the Order Phaethontiformes (Hackett et al. 2008, Christidis and Boles 2008) |
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Tropicbirds (3)
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Family Phaethontidae
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| Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 |
TrO : e PO, Caribbean, c AO, nw IO |
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P. a. mesonauta Peters, JL, 1930 |
e Pacific, Caribbean, e Atlantic |
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P. a. aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 |
s Atlantic |
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P. a. indicus Hume, 1876 |
Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 |
TrO : IO, PO |
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P. r. rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 |
w Indian Ocean |
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P. r. westralis Mathews, 1912 |
e Indian Ocean |
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P. r. roseotinctus (Mathews, 1926) |
sw Pacific |
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P. r. melanorhynchos Gmelin, JF, 1789 |
w, c and s Pacific |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 |
TrO : widespread |
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P. l. catesbyi Brandt, 1839 |
West Indies, Bermuda |
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P. l. ascensionis (Mathews, 1915) |
tropical s Atlantic |
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P. l. lepturus Daudin, 1802 |
Indian Ocean |
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P. l. europae Le Corre & Jouventin, 1999 |
Europa I. (Mozambique Channel) |
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P. l. fulvus Brandt, 1839 |
Christmas I. (Indian Ocean) |
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P. l. dorotheae Mathews, 1913 |
tropical w Pacific |
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ORDER CICONIIFORMES
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PHY : The Ciconiiformes now includes only the storks (Ciconiidae); ibises and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) and herons (Ardeidae) are members of the Pelecaniformes (Hackett et al 2008) |
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Storks (19)
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Family Ciconiidae
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| Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758 |
NA, LA : se USA to n Argentina |
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| Milky Stork |
Mycteria cinerea (Raffles, 1822) |
OR : s Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi |
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| Yellow-billed Stork |
Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
AF : widespread |
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| Painted Stork |
Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant, 1769) |
OR : India, Southeast Asia |
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| Asian Openbill |
Anastomus oscitans (Boddaert, 1783) |
OR : India, Southeast Asia |
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| African Openbill |
Anastomus lamelligerus Temminck, 1823 |
AF : widespread |
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A. l. lamelligerus Temminck, 1823 |
Africa south of the Sahara |
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A. l. madagascariensis Milne-Edwards, 1880 |
Madagascar |
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| Black Stork |
Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) |
AF, EU : widespread |
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| Abdim's Stork |
Ciconia abdimii Lichtenstein, 1823 |
AF : se |
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| Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783) |
AF, OR : widespread |
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C. e. microscelis Gray, GR, 1848 |
Africa south of the Sahara |
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C. e. episcopus (Boddaert, 1783) |
India to Indochina, the Philippines and Malay Pen., n Sumatra |
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C. e. neglecta (Finsch, 1904) |
s Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi |
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| Storm's Stork |
Ciconia stormi (Blasius, W, 1896) |
OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo |
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| Maguari Stork |
Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
SA : widespread |
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| White Stork |
Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) |
EU : Europe |
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C. c. ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Europe and w Asia, Middle East and n Africa |
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C. c. asiatica Severtsov, 1873 |
c Asia |
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| Oriental Stork |
Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe, 1873 |
EU : e |
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| Black-necked Stork |
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (Latham, 1790) |
OR, AU : India to Australia |
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E. a. asiaticus (Latham, 1790) |
India to Malay Pen. and Vietnam |
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E. a. australis (Shaw, 1800) |
New Guinea, n and e Australia |
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| Saddle-billed Stork |
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw, 1800) |
AF : widespread |
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| Jabiru |
Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819) |
LA : s Mexico to n Argentina |
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| Lesser Adjutant |
Leptoptilos javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) |
OR : widespread |
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| Greater Adjutant |
Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
OR : n India |
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| Marabou Stork |
Leptoptilos crumenifer (Lesson, 1831) |
AF : widespread |
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