American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758)

American White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, is a bird of North America, Middle America and South America, breeding in the southern USA, the Caribbean and northern South America. It belongs to the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, and is found along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, the coasts of Mexico and Central America, and the north-western South American shoreline. It is a wading bird with white plumage, black wing-tips seen in flight, and a red-orange downcurved bill and legs. Males are larger than females and have longer bills.

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills

Breeding range

North America, Middle America, South America: s USA, Caribbean and n SA