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title: "Heilige ibis"
description: "Threskiornis aethiopicus — Vogels. The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/african-sacred-ibis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Heilige ibis

> Threskiornis aethiopicus — Vogels. The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae.

- Scientific name: *Threskiornis aethiopicus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 16690
- Wikidata: [Q208763](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208763)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3739](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3739)

## Names

- en: African Sacred Ibis
- de: Heiliger Ibis
- es: Ibis sagrado
- fr: Ibis sacré
- nl: Heilige ibis
- pt: Íbis-sagrado
- pl: Ibis czczony

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (6351), IT (3586), KE (1122), TZ (763), TW (669), BW (391), FR (366), ET (250), UG (208), ZM (205), ZW (165), NA (147)

## Summary

The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae. It is native to much of Africa, as well as small parts of Iraq, Iran and Kuwait. It is especially known for its role in Ancient Egyptian religion, where it was linked to the god Thoth. The species is currently extirpated from Egypt.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_sacred_ibis

## Photo

![Heilige ibis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-sacred-ibis/medium.jpg)

Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova) · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67727141

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-sacred-ibis?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).