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The green ibis (''Mesembrinibis cayennensis''), also known as the Cayenne ibis,〔 is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Mesembrinibis''. This is a resident breeder from Honduras through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama, and South America to northern Argentina. It undertakes some local seasonal movements in the dry season. == Taxonomy == When he first described the green ibis in 1789, from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana, Johann Friedrich Gmelin gave it the scientific name ''Tantalus cayennensis'', assigning it to the same genus as a number of Old World ibis species.〔 In 1930, James Lee Peters moved it to the monotypic genus ''Mesembrinibis'';〔 it has no subspecies.〔 DNA–DNA hybridization studies show that the species falls squarely into the New World ibis clade, with its closest relatives being the sharp-tailed ibis, the American white ibis and the buff-necked ibis.〔 The genus name ''Mesembrinibis'' is a combination of the Greek word ''mesēmbrinos'', meaning "southern" (from ''mesēmbria'', meaning "south") and ''ibis''.〔 The specific epithet ''cayennensis'' means "of Cayenne or French Guiana", and refers to the collection site for the type specimen.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Green ibis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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