Scarlet Ibis

About this cute Scarlet Ibis

The Scarlet Ibis is a species of ibis that lives in tropical South America and is completely scarlet-colored, except for black wing-tips. It is very closely related to the American White Ibis and sometimes hybridizes with them, producing pink offspring.

Scarlet Ibises nest in trees and lay two to four eggs. A juvenline young Scarlet Ibis is grey and white and gradually produces its scarlet plumage after eating red crabs.