Scarlet Ibis
Eudocimus ruber(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Scarlet Ibis
The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: coastal Colombia to Trinidad, the Guianas, and northeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eudocimus ruber
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scarlet Ibis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax rubra
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Bahamas.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.145
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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