The red ibis ( Eudocimus ruber ) is a gregarious bird of which the colonies can reach several thousands of individuals.

In the zone néotropicale, he lives with the mouth of the rivers or in the coastal marshes where its color blazing section on the green of the forests of Palétuvier S.

This coloring is due to the Caroténoïdes present in its food, primarily of small the Crustacé S (shrimps and crabs of mangrove). In captivity, the colors of the red ibis fade gradually if it does not have a sufficient carotenoid contribution.

One finds ibis reds of the south-east of the United States in Brazil while passing by the peaceful coast of the Central America and the Greater Antilles. Two subspecies share this zone of distribution: the nominal species Eudocimus ruber ruber meets in the south, of Venezuela in the south-east of Brazil. The other subspecies Eudocimus ruber albus is in north in Florida, in Louisiana, on the peaceful littoral of the Central America and in Cuba.

Being the subject of an intense poaching for its red feathers, it for a long time has a statute of protected space in certain countries (in Surinam in 1955). It is since 1987 registered voter in appendix II of the Convention of Washington on the trade of the species in the process of disappearance.

The red ibis is the national symbol of Trinidad and Tobago

Reproduction

It is with strongest of the rain season, from March to July, that is held the reproduction. After short a Parade, the birds build a rudimentary Nid in which the female deposits from 2 to 4 eggs. It is located between 1,50 and 6 m height, in the young mangroves.

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