White Ibis

SCI Name:  Eudocimus albus
Protonym:  Scolopax alba Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.145
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Threskiornithidae / Eudocimus
Taxonomy Code:  whiibi
Type Locality:  Carohna.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EUDOCIMUS
(Threskiornithidae; Ϯ Scarlet Ibis E. ruber) Gr. ευδοκιμος eudokimos  glorious  < ευ eu  fine, good; δοκιμος dokimos  excellent, esteemed  < δεχομαι dekhomai  to approve; "Eudocimus Wagl., Guara.  ...  Ptilosis unicolor, sine nitore aeneo, excluso apice obscuro remigum primariarum (avis hornotinae griseo-fusca)  ...  Species: 1. E. ruber (Ibis rubr. Wagl. l.c. sp. 4.) - 2. albus (Ib. alba W. l.c. sp. 5.) - 3. E. longirostris (Ib. longirostr. Wagl. Isis 1829. p. 760.)" (Wagler 1832); "Eudocimus Wagler, 1832, Isis von Oken, col. 1232.  Type, by subsequent designation (Reichenow, 1877, Journ. Ornith., 25, p. 145), Scolopax rubra Linnaeus." (Steinbacher in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd ed., p. 254). 
Synon. Guara, Ibis, Leucibis, Paribis.

albus
L. albus  white, matt white (cf. candidus  glittering white) (see also alba).
● ex “Colibri à queue violette de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 671, fig. 2, “Colibri à queue violette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Violet-tailed Hummingbird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Anthracothorax nigricollis).
● ex “White Eagle” of Charleton 1668, and Latham 1781, “Aquila alba cygnea” of Klein 1750, and “Aigle blanc. Aquila alba” of Brissson 1760 (syn. Aquila chrysaetos).
● ex “Corneille du Sénégal” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Corvus).
● "77. SCOLOPAX.  ...  alba.  2. S. rostro arcuato, pedibus rubris, corpore albo, alarum apicibus viridibus.  Numenius albus. Catesb. car. I. p. 82. t. 82.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eudocimus).
● ex “White Partridge” of Edwards 1743-1751, and Ellis 1748, “Lagopede de la Baye d’Hudson” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White Grous” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Lagopus muta).
● ex “Ourigourap” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 14 (Namaqua name Ourigourap for the Egyptian Vulture) (syn. Neophron percnopterus).
● ex “Weisser Fasan” of Goetz 1782 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).
● ex “White Gallinule” of Phillip 1789 (‡Porphyrio).
● ex “White Toucan” of Hawkesworth 1769, and “White Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (unident.).