American white ibis
eudocimus albus latin

It is often confused with the immature American White Ibis.

Fish are a more energy-rich source of food for the American White Ibis.

During the breeding season, the American White Ibis gathers in huge colonies near water.

The American White Ibis is still found in Peru.

It has been recovered from adult and juvenile American White Ibis in Florida.

American White Ibis generally only preen themselves, not engaging in allopreening unless part of courtship behavior.

The American White Ibis is territorial, defending the nesting and display sites against intruders.

For the most part, the American White Ibis forages for food by tactile probing.

The park's wading birds include egrets, herons, wood stork and American White Ibis.

The mascot of the University of Miami is an American White Ibis.

The newly hatched American White Ibis is covered with gray down feathers, deepening to dark brown or black on the head and wings.

The American White Ibis is most common in Florida, where over 30,000 have been counted in a single breeding colony.

A flock of fifty adult American White Ibis were killed in a fire in the Everglades.

Tests on captive birds have not shown a decreased survival of American White Ibis exposed to methylmercury.

Research has shown that the environmental pollutant methylmercury can increase the prevalence of homosexual behavior in male American White Ibis.

He is an anthropomorphized American White Ibis with a Miami Hurricanes football jersey, number 0.

American white ibis (Eudocimus albus)

The American White Ibis pairs up in spring and breeds in huge colonies, often with other waterbird species.

The breeding success of the American White Ibis is sensitive to the hydrological conditions of the ecosystem such as rainfall and water levels.

The American White Ibis is a tactile, nonvisual forager, which limits its ability to choose from a wide variety of prey.

In contrast, the diet of the co-occurring American White Ibis there differed, the latter consuming more bugs, fish and crustaceans.

The American White Ibis is found in a variety of habitats, although shallow coastal marshes, wetlands and mangrove swamps are preferred.

The American White Ibis begins breeding in its third summer, although birds in captivity may breed as young as nine or ten months of age.

American white ibis (Eudocimus albus)

The American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.

Biologically the Scarlet Ibis is very closely related to the American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) and is sometimes considered conspecific with it, leaving modern science divided over their taxonomy.

Traditional Linnaean taxonomy classifies it as a unique species, but an increasing number of scientists have moved to reclassify it as a subspecies of a more general American ibis species, along with its close relative Eudocimus albus.

S. thapari has also been recorded from Florida American white ibises (Eudocimus albus), but Anderson and Wong could not examine the specimens and were consequently unable to determine whether these worms are S. thapari or S. kinsellai.