Northern Bald Ibis

Here the details of the Northern Bald Ibis named bird below:

SCI Name:  Geronticus eremita
Protonym:  Upupa Eremita Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.118
Taxonomy:  Pelecaniformes / Threskiornithidae / Geronticus
Taxonomy Code:  waldra1
Type Locality:  Switzerland.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

GERONTICUS
(Threskiornithidae; Ϯ Southern Bald Ibis G. calvus) Late Gr. γεροντικως gerontikōs  like an old man (i.e. bald)  < Gr. γερων gerōn, γεροντος gerontos  old man; "32. Genus Geronticus Wagl., Kahlibis.   Rostrum gracile; pedes et ungues Theristici. Ptilosis: caput et pars colli (avis adultae) nuda; alae amplae, praelongae, caudae apicem attingentes; haec longula, aequalis; colli plumae elongatae, strictae, cuculli speciem formantes; color obscurus, metallicus.   Species: 1. Ger. calvus (Ib. calva Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 11.) — 2. Ger. papillatus (Ibis papil. Tem. Pl. col. 304.) — 3. (Spec. nov. ex Aegypto, Gerontico calvo proxima.)" (Wagler 1832);  "GERONTICUS Wagler, 1832  M - Tantalus calvus Boddaert, 1783; type by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, A List of the Genera of Birds, p. 67)." (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 192).
Var. Gronticus.   
Synon. Comatibis.

eremita
L. eremita  hermit, recluse, solitary  < Gr. ερημιτης erēmitēs  hermit  < ερημια erēmia  desert.
● "58. UPUPA.  ...  Eremita.  3. U. viridis, capite flavo, cervice jubata.  Corvus sylvaticus. Gesn. av. 351. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 57.  Eremita montanus helveticus. Alb. av. 5. p. 16. t. 16.  Habitat in Helvetia." (Linnaeus 1758)  (Geronticus).
● ex “Merula solitaria philippensis” of Brisson 1760, “Solitaire des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 339, and “Hermit Thrush” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Monticola solitarius philippensis).
● Cabanis, 1853, Mus. Heineanum, I, p. 228, erroneously lists "Corvus Eremita Gm. Syst. Nat. p. 377. No. 19." as a synonym of Fregilus graculus (= Pyrrhocorax graculus). Gmelin's name refers to the "Wood Crow" or "Hermit Crow", the Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita.

Eremita
(Trochilidae; syn. Phaethornis † Reddish Hermit P. ruber) L. eremita  hermit  < Gr. ερημιτης erēmitēs  hermit  < ερημια erēmia   desert; "*Eremita rufigaster (Tr. —  VIEILL. 1807.) RCHB. —  Brasil.    * ——  Davidianus (Tr. —  LESS. 1832.) RCHB. —  Guiana fr.    * ——  pygmaeus (Tr. —  SPIX.) —  Brasilia.    * ——  griseigularis GOULD 1851. —  Peru." (Reichenbach 1854); "Eremita Reichenbach, 1854, Journ. für Ornith., I, Extraheft, Aufzählung der Colibris, p. 14.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 139 (Appendix)), Trochilus rufigaster Vieillot, 1807 = Trochilus ruber Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).