Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruberOrder: CICONIIFORMESFamily: Ibises (Threskiornithidae)
Scarlet Ibis Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
  • Eye color: Brown iris
  • Head Pattern: Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown color: Red
  • Forehead color: Red
  • Nape Color: Red
  • Throat color: Red
  • Cere color:
Scarlet Ibis Body Illustration_2

Body

  • Length Range: 55-70 cm (21.5-27.5 in)
  • Weight: 589 g (20.8 oz)
  • Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color: Red
  • Underparts: Red
  • Upperparts: Red
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Scarlet Ibis Flight Illustration_2

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Flap and glide with rapid wing beats in a straight line.
  • Wingspan Range: 91-97 cm (36-38 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Red
  • Under Tail: Red
  • Leg color: Red
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Family Ibis (Threskiornithidae)_blue
Species Eudocimus ruber
Length21.5 - 27.5 Inches
Wingspan37 Inches

Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis: This nervous and wary South American species was introduced in Florida and is unmistakable with its bright scarlet plumage, pink skin on face, pink bill and red legs. Black primaries are seen only in flight. Often breeds with the White Ibis producing various shades of pink offspring.

● Song: "gwe, gwe", "tior, tior"

● Foraging & Feeding: Scarlet Ibis: Eats mainly crustaceans but will also eat fish and other aquatic vertebrates. Probes in shallow water with its large decurved bill.

● Breeding & nesting: Scarlet Ibis: Two to three dull olive-green to buff eggs laid in a frail nest of sticks placed in the fork of branches high in mangrove trees or in shrubs. Will use abandoned nests of herons or egrets.

● Similar species: Scarlet Ibis: White Ibis is similar in shape but white. White Ibis juveniles are similar but Scarlet Ibis juvenile has grayer brown underparts.

Flight Pattern

Flap and glide with rapid wing beats in a straight line.
Scarlet Ibis Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: Scarlet Ibis: South American species introduced in Florida either deliberately or by escaped birds. Prefers shallow marshy areas and cypress swamps as well as inland wetlands, pastures, lawns, and shallow ponds.
BreedingColonial nester
PopulationCasual
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight20.8 Ounces