Coastal Colombia to the Guianas and NE Brazil; Trinidad
Size: 55 to 63 centimeters • Weight: Up to 1.4 kilograms
If you fly over to our Amazon gallery, you will find 5 scarlet ibises who promise to delight and intrigue any visitor.
These birds uniquely communicate with one another by honking, usually to announce disturbances in the nest but also to attract mates. Large cats and birds of prey are their primary predators, but they stay together in large groups to defend themselves.
There is little genetic difference between geographically fragmented populations in Brazil.
Go fly by the Amazon Gallery to find them.
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Birds
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