Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ibises and Spoonbills :: White Ibis

White Ibis Eudocimus albus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): American White Ibis
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 9, 2004 © William Hull  Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge, Lee County, Florida, USA - May 27, 2001 © William Hull  Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Jun 2, 2001 © William Hull  Longboat Key, Manatee County, Florida, USA - Jun 1, 2001 © William Hull  Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA - Nov 5, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

Se. United States, West Indies, Central America and locally in n. South America;
Fragmented distribution in n. South America;
Coastal se. United States (coastal Virginia, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to s. and e. Texas, s. Louisiana and throughout Florida), West Indies (Cuba, Isle of Pines, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Bahamas), Mexico (s. Baja n. to 27°N and c. Sinaloa, Tamaulipas to the Yucatan Peninsula), Belize, El Salvador, w. Nicaragua, w. Honduras, Costa Rica (Golfo de Nicoya, Tempisque Basin, Rio Frio), Panama (Pacific slope), Pearl Is., n. and e. Colombia (Caribbean slope, e. of the Andes), n. and sw. Venezuela (Falcon, Adicora to Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Lake Valencia), Trinidad, Curacao, Guiana, w. Ecuador, ex. nw. Peru.
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: coastal NCA (Cape Hatteras), SCA, GEO, FLA (throughout), ALA, MIS, LOU, TEX;
Winter: c. FLA s. and LOU, TEX.

Videos

Longboat Key, Manatee County, Florida, USA - Jun 1, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is walking along the shore and takes flight.

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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