Eudocimus ruber
Ciconiiformes - Threskiornithidae - Spoonbills & Ibis
© L Peat
Wild diet: Mainly crustaceans, fiddler crabs, molluscs, insects & small fish, also worms.
Feeding strategy: Forages in flocks. Probes with bill in mud & shallow water.
Breeding season diet of Scarlet Ibises and Little Blue Herons in a Brazilian mangrove swamp >
Del Hoya, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. eds. (1992). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol1. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Food habits of the Scarlet and White Ibis in the Orinoco Plains >
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Carotenoid transport in the plasma of the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) >
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