Eudocimus | |
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Scarlet ibis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Threskiornithidae |
Subfamily: | Threskiornithinae |
Genus: | Eudocimus Wagler, 1832 |
Type species | |
Scolopax rubra[1] Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
E. albus | |
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Range of American white ibis (pale blue), scarlet ibis (orange), both (brown) |
Eudocimus is a genus of ibises, wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae. They occur in the warmer parts of the New World with representatives from the southern United States south through Central America, the West Indies, and South America.