American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Naples Botanical Gardens 60 acre reserve

Southwestern Florida

USA

 

White ibis found at the top of a palm tree at the Naples Botanical Gardens in the 60 acre nature reserve.

 

The American white ibis is most common in Florida, where over 30,000 have been counted in a single breeding colony. It also occurs throughout the Caribbean, on both coasts of Mexico (from Baja California southwards) and Central America, and as far south as Columbia and Venezuela. The non-breeding range extends further inland, reaching north to Virginia, and west to eastern Texas.

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