Immature © Tom Johnson
Juvenile © Melissa James
Adult © Jon Corcoran
Immature © Michael Todd
+ 4
Adult © MR Tucker
Immature © Wen & Steve Rockoff
Habitat © Carlos Echeverría

Witte ibis Eudocimus albus

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Identification

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Adults are white with a bit of black on the wingtips. Red decurved bill and pinkish-red legs. Bright blue eyes. Immatures are half brown, half white. Forages in saltmarshes and shallow wetlands, often in flocks. In flight, flaps quickly and then glides on bowed wings. Accustomed to people in some parts of its range. It is commonly seen on lawns and in parking lots scavenging for food scraps.

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