Family: IBIDORHYNCHIDAE (Bonaparte 1856)
Genus:
- Ibidorhyncha – Greek; ibis, ibidos ibis: rhunkhos bill. (Vigors 1832)
- Asia; Ibisbill.
One species. Uncertain affinities. Thought to be close to oystercatchers and avocets and stilts and possibly forming a link between the two.
None found.
- BirdLife International: IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2020
- del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliot & Jordi Sargatal: Handbook of the Birds of the World – Vol. 3 (1996)
- Hayman, Peter, John Marchant & Tony Prater: Shorebirds – An identification guide to the waders of the world (1986)
- Jobling, James A.: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names (2010)
- Seebohm, Henry: The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or, The Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and Their Allies (1888)
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