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  1. DomainEukaryota
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassAves
     A Wading Wonder
    A Wading Wonder
    Meet the American white ibis, a medium-sized bird with white plumage and pink facial skin. It lives in wetlands, marshes, and coastal areas of the southeastern United States and Central and South America.
    Overview

    The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from the southern half of the US East Coast (from southern New Jersey, Virginia, the Carolinas and … See more

    Taxonomy

    The American white ibis was one of the many bird species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of his Systema Naturae, where it was given the binomial name of Scolopax albus. The species name is … See more

    Description

    The white plumage and pink facial skin of adult American white ibises are distinctive. Adults have black wingtips that are usually only visible in flight. In non-breeding condition the long downcurved bill and long legs are bri… See more

    Behavior

    A field study late in the Florida nesting season revealed that on an average day, adult American white ibis spent 10.25 hours looking for food, 0.75 hours flying, 13 hours resting, roosting, and attending to their nests. Muc… See more

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