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Where does the Scarlet Ibis live?

Eudocimus ruber has 38,774 records in 43 countries and territories, from 1862 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

Scarlet Ibis
Scarlet Ibis β€” Rafa Esteve / CC BY-SA 4.0 Β· source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeEudocimus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Colombia 15,509
Venezuela 6,100
Brazil 4,804
Trinidad & Tobago 4,271
Guyana 2,032
Suriname 1,427
Belgium 1,404
French Guiana 1,104
Netherlands 787
Puerto Rico 268
CuraΓ§ao 198
Ecuador 193
United States 119
Portugal 102
Aruba 93
United Kingdom 83
British Virgin Islands 55
US Virgin Islands 48
Italy 45
France 27
Spain 23
Germany 18
Peru 12
United Arab Emirates 9
Malaysia 7
Bonaire 5
Guadeloupe 3
Saint Martin 3
Martinique 3
ZZ 3
China 2
Thailand 2
Canada 1
Switzerland 1
Dominica 1
Grenada 1
Greece 1
Saint Lucia 1
Luxembourg 1
Nigeria 1

Showing the top 40 of 43 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.