Talk:Hadada ibis

Identification

Hi.. I don't know how to edit these articles. I have seen Hadedas in "captivity" turn white. What happened is they just squat outside the waste dump from a restaurant, and have as such almost become carrion-eaters. http://flickr.com/photos/rooibaard/3266309462/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.110.52.13 (talk) 09:06, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Those appear to be Sacred Ibises --Stfg (talk) 08:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Image

I uploaded what I though was a more representative photograph, and moved the other two to a "gallery" section. Dawidl 13:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Hadada/Hadeda?

Hadada Ibis - here in South Africa is invariably (in Roberts, Newman's et. al.) called either a Hadeda Ibis or just a Hadeda. Why is it listed here under Hadada Ibis? There is an international standard for bird names, but I do not know a place that lists them. Nevertheless, Roberts' 7 names are all in accordance with these and lists the name as Hadeda. At present Hadeda_Ibis redirects to here.198.54.202.242 (talk) 21:46, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The name on the site is spelt incorrectly guys. It should read as "Hadeda" and not "hadada".

The name originates from the loud raucous cry these birds make when startled or when flying in groups.

Brendan Adams (talk) 06:29, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

The IUCN Red List entry only lists the Hadada form (surprisingly, I think) --Stfg (talk) 08:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

And so does ITIS, which doesn't even recognise the Hadeda form. --Stfg (talk) 12:27, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

And likewise the IOC World Bird List (see http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-ibises.html, which is the list preferred for English names by Wikiproject Birds --Stfg (talk) 09:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Well, maybe all the compilers of those list have never been to South Africa and do not know South African English?? A google search(e.g. http://travel.mongabay.com/uganda/images/ug4_4762.html) and living in South Africa will lead you to know that it is spelled Hadeda, or Hadida. I have never seen the spelling Hadada, nor did I ever hear the birds cry hadada. --Lorraine Joubert (talk) 17:34, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Colour of Hadida/Hadeda

I can not recall ever seeing a BROWN hadida. I only know the GREY/BLACK ones. If you look on the photo's all three of the SA hadidas are GREY/BLACK.--Lorraine Joubert (talk) 17:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Country List

The country list under "Habitat and distribution" is far from complete. Avibase, for example, lists Hadada Ibis as occurring in the following countries: Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland ref: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=CAFBA217EB0B098C&sec=map skip (talk) 05:25, 24 August 2012 (UTC)