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Juvenile American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Description:

Wading bird. Pair, one behind the other. Long pale pink legs and long bill.

Habitat:

Pond near habitation on small island.

Notes:

The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics.[2] This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. The breeding range runs along the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, and the coasts of Mexico and Central America. Outside the breeding period, the range extends further inland in North America and also includes the Caribbean. It is also found along the northwestern South American coastline in Colombia and Venezuela. Populations in central Venezuela overlap and interbreed with the scarlet ibis. The two have been classified by some authorities as a single species.

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3 Comments

Here is a link to the picture you originally posted: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WUml00...
This shows the picture at full size with a lot more detail.

I'm thinking about juvenile Ibis but not sure white, scarlet or other. When enlarged the bill appears more pink overall and slightly downcurved. the sunshine makes it look yellow at the base and around the eye but close up it is actually pale pink while the rest looks dark pink but not red. The other bird behind is paler, There is a third similar bird on the right but almost hidden. The two birds lower left are different.

Mel11
Mel11 5 years ago

This pair of birds were seen on a small lake near Nassau, The Bahamas, and looks to be a pair but I don't know what they are. Any one able to help me please?

Mel11
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Mel11

New Providence, Bahamas

Spotted on Nov 14, 2018
Submitted on Nov 24, 2018

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