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Scarlet ibis

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(Zool.) See under Ibis.

See also: Scarlet



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The Scarlet Ibis only turns red from its original grey/white colouration once it ingests red crabs in tropical swamps.
There were kiskadees and blue sackis, red-billed toucans and spur wings, blue gauldings and scarlet ibis.
However with dusk came the day's highlight - a boat trip to the Caroni Swamp where we watched thousands of the national birds, the scarlet ibis, come in to roost.
 
 
 
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