Plegadis Kaup, 1829 Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der Europäischen Thierwelt (etc.) p.82 Tantalusfalcinellus Linnaeus, 1766; Type by monotypy
357. Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) [HB#71] Original Description:TantalusFalcinellus Linnaeus, 1766 Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] 12, p.241 Distribution: Throughout India from Ladakh and Kashmir as well as Brahmaputra plains, Manipur valley and Tripura; sporadic in EC India and have occurred in Lakshadweep and Andaman Is. Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, FMNH, ROM, LKO IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II. CMS: Appendix II. Notes: Current range significantly more than historic range. Though known to breed locally across the peninsula, population fluctuations and ring recoveries indicate that extralimital migration is also involved (Balachandran et al. 2018, Indian Bird Migration Atlas p. 149).
Pseudibis Hodgson, 1844 The zoological miscellany 3 p.86 Ibispapillosa Temminck, 1824; Type by monotypy
358. Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa (Temminck, 1824) [HB#70] Original Description:Ibispapillosa Temminck, 1824 Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.51 pl.304, text (India and Sri Lanka) Alternative Names: Indian Black Ibis Distribution: Throughout the peninsula from south of the Himalayan foothills till the southern tip and east till W Assam. Only stragglers to SW India. Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMZC, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, FTLB IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
Platalea Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.139 Platalealeucorodia Linnaeus, 1758; Type by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, A list of the genera of birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus, p.67)
359. Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 Alternative Names: Spoonbill IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I. CITES: Appendix I. CMS: Appendix II.
359a. Platalea leucorodia leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 [HB#72] Original Description:PlataleaLeucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.139 Distribution: Throughout India from about Punjab and Himachal down south; east till about W Bengal and straggling to Brahmaputra plains in Assam. Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, FTLB Notes: Ring recoveries indicate extralimital population is involved (Balachandran et al. 2018, Indian Bird Migration Atlas p. 151).
Threskiornis Gray, 1842 Appendix to a list of the genera of birds Ed.2 Appendix p.13 Tantalusaethiopicus Latham, 1790; Type by original designation
360. Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus (Latham, 1790) [HB#69] Original Description:Tantalusmelanocephalus Latham, 1790 Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.709 (Puducherry [= Pondicherry]) Alternative Names: White Ibis, Oriental White Ibis Distribution: Throughout India except Kashmir, trans and high Himalaya and most of E Himalaya. Type Specimen: MNHN#MO-1992-373 (Lecotype). Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, MNHN, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, TNHM IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.