Sharp-tailed ibis

Sharp-tailed ibis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Cercibis
Wagler, 1832
Species:
C. oxycerca
Binomial name
Cercibis oxycerca
(Spix, 1825)
Current world extant distribution according to the IUCN (2012)
Synonyms
  • Ibis oxycercus Spix, 1825
  • Geronticus oxycercus (Spix, 1825)

The sharp-tailed ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) is a species of ibis native to open wet savannas in parts of northern South America.