www.facebook.com www.ceepackaging.com twitter @ceepackaging www.facebook.com The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) inhabits tropical South America and islands of the Caribbean. It looks like most of the other twenty-seven species of ibis, but its colour makes it unmistakable! Biologically the Scarlet Ibis is very closely related to the American White Ibis. The two birds each have exactly the same bones, claws, beaks, feather arrangements and other features -- their one marked difference lies in their pigmentation. Traditional taxonomy has regarded the two as separate and distinct. Observation has documented significant crossbreeding and hybridisation in the wild. Individuals of the two species have produced hybrid ibises with pale orange plumage, or white plumage with occasional orange feathers. Hybridisation has been known to occur frequently in captivity. Adult plumage is virtually all scarlet although the feathers may show various tints and shades. A juvenile Scarlet Ibis is! a mix of grey, brown, and white. As it grows, a heavy diet of red crustaceans produces the scarlet colouration. The colour change begins with the juvenile's second moult, around the time it begins to fly: the change starts on the back and spreads gradually across the body while increasing in intensity over a period of about two years. The Scarlet Ibis is the only shorebird with red colouration in the world. Adults are 55--63 centimetres , and the males, slightly larger than females, typically weigh ...
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