Scarlet Ibis

📸 Photo by Peter Hoogmoed on Unsplash

Draped in vivid scarlet, the ibis lights up mangroves and mudflats from Trinidad to Brazil. Flocks sweep over lagoons, spearing crabs whose pigments dye their feathers red. Trinidad’s national bird is numerous, yet wetland loss and pollution shadow its future.

Habitat: The Scarlet Ibis can be found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French-guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-and-tobago, Venezuela, Belize, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, United-states-of-america, Florida-us, Alaska-us, Texas-us, California-us, New-york-us, Hawaii-us, Jamaica