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Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Eudocimus
Species: ruber
Binomial name
Eudocimus ruber

The Scarlet Ibis, Eudocimus ruber is a species of ibis.

Adults are completely scarlet except for with black wing-tips. They occur in tropical South America and Tobago. Introduced or escaped birds occur in southern Florida.



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