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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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