White Ibis In Mangrove Swamp
by Felix Lai
Title
White Ibis In Mangrove Swamp
Artist
Felix Lai
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This photo captures a beautiful white ibis in a mangrove swamp in a local park. White ibis is a beautiful big bird and commonly seen in the coastal region of Florida.
The American white ibis is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. The breeding range runs along the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, and the coasts of Mexico and Central America. Outside the breeding period, the range extends further inland in North America and also includes the Caribbean. It is also found along the northwestern South American coastline in Colombia and Venezuela. Populations in central Venezuela overlap and interbreed with the scarlet ibis. The two have been classified by some authorities as a single species.
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March 24th, 2020
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