American White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from the southern half of the US East Coast (Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia), along the Gulf Coast states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas) and south through most of the Caribbean coastal regions of Central America. This particular ibis species is a medium-sized wading bird, possessing an overall white plumage with black wing-tips (usually only visible in flight), and having the typical downward-curving bill of the ibises, though of a bright red-orange…
L'Ibis blanc (Eudocimus albus) est une espèce d'oiseaux appartenant à la famille des Threskiornithidae. Il est facilement reconnaissable à son plumage entièrement blanc, au repos, et à sa face, son bec et ses pattes roses ou rouges. Il est assez répandu dans les régions tropicales et subtropicales d'Amérique.
El corocoro blanco o ibis blanco americano (Eudocimus albus) es una especie de ave pelecaniforme de la familia Threskiornithidae. Es un ibis ampliamente distribuido por el sur de Estados Unidos y buena parte de la región Neotropical. Taxonomía Fue descrito por primera vez por Carlos Linneo en 1758 y le dio el nombre binomial de Scolopax albus.
Distribution
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