Giant ibis
Pseudibis gigantea (Oustalet, 1877)
Status not recordedbirds
The giant ibis (Pseudibis gigantea) is a species in the family Threskiornithidae, order Pelecaniformes. Recorded adults weigh about 3.52 kg.
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Quick facts about the giant ibis
- Weight
- 3.52 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the giant ibis live?
Not recorded
Is the giant ibis endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the giant ibis classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPelecaniformes
- familyThreskiornithidae
- genusPseudibis
- SpeciesPseudibis gigantea (Oustalet, 1877)
Synonyms Ibis gigantea, Pseudibis gigantea gigantea, Pseudibis gigantea gigantea, Pseudibis gigantea gigantea, Thaumatibis gigantea
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- أبو منجل العملاقArabic
- Гигантски ибисBulgarian
- Ibiz meurBreton
- ibis gegantCatalan
- ibis obrovskýCzech
- KæmpeibisDanish
- RiesenibisGerman
- giganta ibisoEsperanto
- Ibis giganteSpanish
- hiidiibisEstonian
- اکراس بزرگPersian
- jätti-iibisFinnish
- Ibis géantFrench
- óriásíbiszHungarian
- オニトキJapanese
- オニアカアシトキJapanese
- didysis ibisLithuanian
- Кого ибисWestern Mari
- Burung Sekendi BesarMalay
- ReuzenibisDutch
- kjempeibisNorwegian
- ibis olbrzymiPolish
- وڈا آئیبیسWestern Panjabi
- íbis-gigantePortuguese
- Гигантский ибисRussian
- ibis veľkýSlovak
- Veliki ibisSerbian
- jätteibisSwedish
- นกช้อนหอยใหญ่Thai
- Büyük Kara AynakTurkish
- ібіс гігантськийUkrainian
- Cò quăm lớnVietnamese
- 大鹮Chinese
- 巨鹮Chinese
- 巨黑鹮Chinese
Relatives of the giant ibis
Other species in the same genus Pseudibis.
Red-naped ibis
Pseudibis papillosa
White-shouldered ibis
Pseudibis davisoni
CompareGiant ibis vs Red-naped ibisGiant ibis vs White-shouldered ibis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the giant ibis?
An adult giant ibis weighs 3.52 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the giant ibis?
The giant ibis (Pseudibis gigantea) belongs to the family Threskiornithidae in the order Pelecaniformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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