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title: "White Ibis"
description: "Eudocimus albus — Birds. The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-ibis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White Ibis

> Eudocimus albus — Birds. The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae.

- Scientific name: *Eudocimus albus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 99773
- Wikidata: [Q589171](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589171)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3751](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3751)

## Names

- en: White Ibis
- de: Schneesichler
- es: Ibis Blanco
- fr: Ibis blanc
- nl: Witte ibis
- pt: Íbis-branco-americano
- pl: Ibis biały

## Countries with the most observations

US (81962), MX (9934), CR (2135), PA (739), EC (652), CO (372), BZ (250), NI (236), CU (184), BS (183), SV (153), HN (87)

## Summary

The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from the southern half of the US East Coast (from southern New Jersey to Georgia), along the Gulf Coast states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas) and south through most of the Caribbean coastal regions of Central America. This particular ibis species is a medium-sized wading bird, possessing an overall white plumage with black wing-tips (usually only visible in flight), and having the typical downward-curving bill of the ibises, though of a bright red-orange color, the same hue as its…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_white_ibis

## Photo

![White Ibis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-ibis/medium.jpg)

Photo: judykayreeves · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16660970

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-ibis?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).