African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) — also called Sacred Ibis, sacred ibis, Sacred ibis. Occurrence records of the African Sacred Ibis are shared on GBIF from around 256 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (5 826 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernThreskiornithidae

256reserves with records

84 453records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) — Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5 826
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	5 377
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	4 385
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	3 483
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	3 336
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserve	NW North West	2 275
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2 170
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 998
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 980
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 853
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 735
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 565
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 506
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 493
Rietfontein Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 478
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 378
Roodeplaat Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 331
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 313
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 313
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 308
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 070
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	1 057
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 041
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 016
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	974
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	971
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	843
Wonderboom Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	831
Bishop Bird ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	795
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	793
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	758
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	718
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	716
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	713
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	712
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	702
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	624
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	623
Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	536
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	531
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	485
Rotary ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	484
Meyersdal KoppieNature reserve	GP Gauteng	483
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	475
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	463
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	460
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	430
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	427
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	419
Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	417
Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	417
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	416
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	402
Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve	GP Gauteng	401
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	384
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	370
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	363
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	342
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	333
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	315

and 196 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 108 reserves
Gauteng: 44 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 31 reserves
Eastern Cape: 29 reserves
Free State: 16 reserves
North West: 14 reserves
Mpumalanga: 7 reserves
Northern Cape: 4 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Scientific name: Threskiornis aethiopicus
GBIF taxon: 2480764
Wikidata: Q208763

More of the Threskiornithidae family

Hadada Ibis African Spoonbill Glossy Ibis Southern Bald Ibis

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.