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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Cramp, S. and Perrins, C.M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Does not normally occur in forest
Land mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	26,500,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	Decreasing		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	8.4	-	-	-

Trend justification: The overall trend is decreasing, although some populations may be stable (Wetlands International 2006).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Angola	N	Extant
Benin	N	Extant
Botswana	N	Extant
Bulgaria	V	Extant
Burkina Faso	N	Extant
Burundi	N	Extant
Cameroon	N	Extant
Central African Republic	N	Extant
Chad	N	Extant
Congo	N	Extant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant
Djibouti	N	Extant
Egypt	V	Extant
Equatorial Guinea	N	Extant
Eritrea	N	Extant
Eswatini	N	Extant
Ethiopia	N	Extant
Gabon	N	Extant
Gambia	N	Extant
Ghana	N	Extant
Guinea	N	Extant
Guinea-Bissau	N	Extant		Yes
Israel	V	Extant
Jordan	V	Extant
Kenya	N	Extant
Lesotho	N	Extant
Liberia	N	Extant
Madagascar	N	Extant
Malawi	N	Extant
Mali	N	Extant
Mauritania	N	Extant
Morocco	V	Extant
Mozambique	N	Extant
Namibia	N	Extant
Niger	N	Extant
Nigeria	N	Extant
Qatar	U	Extant
Rwanda	N	Extant
Senegal	N	Extant
Sierra Leone	N	Extant
Somalia	N	Extant
South Africa	N	Extant
South Sudan	N	Extant		Yes
Spain	V	Extant
Sudan	N	Extant
Tanzania	N	Extant		Yes
Togo	N	Extant
Tunisia	V	Extant
Turkey	V	Extant
Uganda	N	Extant
Zambia	N	Extant		Yes
Zimbabwe	N	Extant

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Tombali, Rio Cumbijã and Ilha de Melo
Kenya	Lake Nakuru National Park
Kenya	Tana River Delta
South Africa	Devon Grasslands
South Sudan	Sudd (Bahr-el-Jebel system)
Sudan	Lake Kundi
Tanzania	Lake Eyasi
Tanzania	Lake Kitangire
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Wembere steppe
Zambia	Kafue Flats
Zambia	Lower Zambezi National Park
Zambia	South Luangwa National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes	suitable	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild		Non-trivial	Recent
Pets	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild	International	Non-trivial	Recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Species factsheet: Mycteria ibis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/10/2019. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2019) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/10/2019.