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| Eudocimus albus |
American White Ibis, Eudocimus albus is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which occurs in the southern USA and the Caribbean
It occurs in marshy wetlands, and on beaches and has become common in city parks.
This ibis feeds on various fish, frogs and other water creatures, and also insects.
Adults are white with black wing-tips and red bills and legs. Juveniles are largely brown with duller bare parts.
White Ibises at Sanibel Island, Florida
(personal photograph).