Ibisbill
| Ibisbill | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Ibidorhynchidae Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Genus: | Ibidorhyncha Vigors, 1832 |
| Species: | I. struthersii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ibidorhyncha struthersii Vigors, 1832 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Clorhynchus strophiatus Hodgson, 1835 | |
The ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii) is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Ibidorhynchidae. It is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down-curved bill, and a black face and black breast band. It occurs on the shingle riverbanks of the high plateau of central Asia and the Himalayas.
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