Translingual

Threskiornis molucca

Proper noun

Threskiornis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Threskiornithidae – the sacred ibises and other closely related ibises.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Ciconiiformes - order; Threskiornithidae - family; Threskiornithinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Threskiornis aethiopicus (African sacred ibis); Threskiornis bernieri (Malagasy sacred ibis); Threskiornis melanocephalus (black-headed ibis); Threskiornis molucca (Australian white ibis), Threskiornis molucca pygmaeus (Solomons white ibis); Threskiornis spinicollis (straw-necked ibis); †Threskiornis solitarius (extinct) (Reunion ibis) - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276