Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) - HBW 1, p. 496
French: Ibis hagedash
German: Hagedasch
Spanish: Ibis Hadada
Other common names: Hadada, Hadeda, Hadedah
Taxonomy: Tantalus Hagedash Latham, 1790, Cape of Good Hope.
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Hagedashia. Birds from Somalia to Malawi sometimes assigned separate race, erlangeri. Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brevirostris (Reichenow, 1907) - Senegal E to Zaire and Kenya, whence S to Zambezi Valley.
- nilotica Neumann, 1909 - Sudan and Ethiopia to NE Zaire, Uganda and NW Tanzania.
- hagedash (Latham, 1790) - S Africa S of Zambezi Valley.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 7 years ago 37 sec 4.9 -
A group of birds quite active in front of a waterbuck Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Pascal Vagner 3 March 2013 6 weeks ago 23 sec 4.8 -
A bird feeding in a grassland Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 7 years ago 27 sec 4.8 -
An immature preening and showing its iridiscent covert feathers Locality Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Southern Province, Zambia
Alex García · Videoaves 26 December 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 4.8 -
A close view of a bird in a tree, calling twice. Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania (ssp brevirostris)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 February 2012 38 weeks ago 22 sec 4.7 -
An adult drinking and walking Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp hagedash)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 8 October 2002 9 years ago 23 sec 4.7
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grassland between Dila and Yirga Alem
Locality Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
Krzysztof Blachowiak 20 November 2009 3 years ago 4.7 -
Bird foraging on lawn
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp hagedash)
Chris and Megan Perkins 18 March 2009 4 years ago 4.4 -
Feeding on lawn
Locality Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 5 January 2012 50 weeks ago 4.3 -
Single bird in grass
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp brevirostris)
Rick Simpson 16 October 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
resting
Locality Naro Moru, Kenya
Axel Gollnisch 21 December 2010 20 weeks ago 4.2 -
An adult foraging on the ground.
Locality Hawassa, Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
David Beadle 1 February 2009 17 weeks ago 4
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Recorded in flight near Kaapsehoop. 17:09. Locality Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp hagedash)
Charles Hesse 31 December 2009 3 years ago 4.3
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