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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An immature preening and showing its iridiscent covert feathers Locality Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Southern Province, Zambia
Alex García · Videoaves 26 December 2007 4 years ago 32 sec 4.8 -
A bird feeding. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 37 sec 4.7 -
A bird feeding in a grassland Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 4.7 -
A bird feeding in damp grass Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
Keith Blomerley 12 April 2002 4 years ago 26 sec 4.4 -
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 8 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
young bird walking with adult begging for food Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
Martin Kennewell 5 November 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 4.3
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grassland between Dila and Yirga Alem
Locality Ethiopia (ssp nilotica)
kblach 20 November 2009 2 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 3 years ago 4.4 -
An adult bird.
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp hagedash)
Fran Trabalon 23 October 2008 46 weeks ago 4 -
An adult feeding on the ground of Talamati bushcamp
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp hagedash)
Ghislain Gosse 10 October 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Single bird in grass
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp brevirostris)
Rick Simpson 16 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Adult feeding on the lawn.
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp hagedash)
Martin Flack 30 October 2011 24 weeks ago 3.9
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Recorded in flight near Kaapsehoop. 17:09. Locality Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp hagedash)
Charles Hesse 31 December 2009 2 years ago 4.3
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