Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Glossy Ibis FAMILY - Threskiornithidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Plegadis falcinellus SYNONYMS - Tantalus falcinellus - Linnaeus, 1766 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Winter visitor - migrant. 13 Resident, species present all year. 3 Vulnerable in Belize 12 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 12 Vulnerable in Belize 11 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 9 District Reference Belize 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Dry season 6 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Dry season 7 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 6 Private land, see comments Dry season 8 Government land 5 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 10 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 8 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 10 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 7 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 10 General Distribution Comments 13* Winter visitor northern semideciduous moist forest. Rare coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. 8* Big Falls Rice Farm 7* "dark ibis" 6* Big Falls 5* Mi. 10 North. Highway 3* Permanent resident, rare northern hardwood forests and coastal savannas. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 5 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 6 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 7 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 8 Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report. 9 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 10 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 11 Miller, B.W. 1959. Bird Species of Concern. pp. 56-64. in Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1995. National Protected Areas System Plan for Belize, Vol. 3. Zoological Report 236 p. NARMAP. 12 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 13 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre
01/19/98