#0989 · 🐦 birds
African Sacred Ibis
🇳🇱 Heilige ibis ·Threskiornis aethiopicus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © CI Jay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Emilie Chen · CC BY-ND 4.0
- 3. © John Gale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Frans Vandewalle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Federico Moroni · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © 曹正邦 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © copper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © David Schenfeld · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © Brendan Ryan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
The African sacred ibis ( Threskiornis aethiopicus ) is a species of ibis. Its sister species is the Australian white ibis.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 17,092 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 62 g.
- Scientifically named by John Latham in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- African Sacred Ibis
- Nederlands
- Heilige ibis
- scientific name
- Threskiornis aethiopicus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Pelecaniformes
- family
- Threskiornithidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 4,154
- sightings worldwide
- 17,092
- GBIF records in NL
- 710
- weight
- 62 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by John Latham
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Threskiornithidae
#0562 📷 10Eurasian Spoonbill
🇳🇱 Lepelaar
Platalea leucorodia
LC 👀 2.2k in NL
#0755 📷 9Glossy Ibis
🇳🇱 Zwarte Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
LC 👀 54 in NL
#0854 📷 10Scarlet Ibis
🇳🇱 Rode Ibis
Eudocimus ruber
LC 👀 10 in NL
#1037 📷 7White Ibis
🇳🇱 Witte Ibis
Eudocimus albus
LC 🌍 101.7k seen
#1326 📷 8Roseate Spoonbill
🇳🇱 Rode Lepelaar
Platalea ajaja
LC 🌍 41.6k seen
#1331 📷 9White-faced Ibis
🇳🇱 Witmaskeribis
Plegadis chihi
LC 🌍 40.6k seen
#1349 📷 10Australian Ibis
🇳🇱 Australische Witte Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
LC 🌍 35k seen
#1194 📷 8Northern Bald Ibis
🇳🇱 Heremietibis
Geronticus eremita
EN 🌍 2.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 3739, Wikidata Q208763, GBIF 2480764, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.