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Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

Ciconiiformes - Threskiornithidae - Spoonbills & Ibis

Scarlet Ibis - Scarlet Ibis

© L Peat

Scarlet Ibis - Scarlet Ibis

Wild diet: Mainly crustaceans, fiddler crabs, molluscs, insects & small fish, also worms.

Feeding strategy: Forages in flocks. Probes with bill in mud & shallow water.

References

Wild data

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 and Niche Overlap of the Scarlet Ibis and the Yellow-crowned Night Heron in a Tropical Mangrove Swamp >

Food habits of the Scarlet and White Ibis in the Orinoco Plains >

Captive data information

Known dietary health issues

Phenology of body mass changes during reproduction in a nomadic, tropical waterbird, the Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) >

Examples of diets in use

There are no diets in use yet for the Scarlet Ibis.

Please keep us up-to-date and contact us with your own updates or new diets used for the Scarlet Ibis.

References

Family specific captive health issues

Carotenoid transport in the plasma of the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) >

Carotenoids of the scarlet ibis >

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