AVIARY’S IBIS
AMERICAN WHITE IBIS Eudocimus albus
SCARLET IBIS Eudocimus ruber / CITES : Appendix IIB
WEIGHT : 750 to 1300 g
FOOD : Fish, snakes, snails, frogs, crabs
THREATS : Draining of its environment, pollution and poaching (medicine).
ECO-GESTURE : Instead of pesticides, use plants which have toxic effects on harmful insects such as : French marigold, lavender, peppermint, chive, nasturtium …
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Family : Threskiornithidae
Habits : gregarious
Egg-laying : 3 to 5 eggs
Incubation : 19 to 23 days
Longevity : 16 to 20 years
White ibis
Scarlet Ibis