White-shouldered ibis

Weight

1.59 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

30 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

2.8 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The white-shouldered ibis is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPelecaniformes
5. familyThreskiornithidae
6. genusPseudibis
7. SpeciesPseudibis davisoni (Hume, 1875)

Synonyms Geronticus davisoni, Pseudibis papillosa davisoni

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LC, Least Concern

Red-naped ibis

Pseudibis papillosa

Threskiornithidae

G

Giant ibis

Pseudibis gigantea

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@misc{white_shouldered_ibis_2026,
  title = {White-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-shouldered-ibis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}