<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Range of American white ibis (E. albus) Range of scarlet ibis (E. ruber) Overlapping range of both species </Td> </Tr> <P> The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae . It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics . This particular ibis is a medium - sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red - orange down - curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight . Males are larger and have longer bills than females . The breeding range runs along the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, and the coasts of Mexico and Central America . Outside the breeding period, the range extends further inland in North America and also includes the Caribbean . It is also found along the northwestern South American coastline in Colombia and Venezuela . Populations in central Venezuela overlap and interbreed with the scarlet ibis . The two have been classified by some authorities as a single species . </P> <P> Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes . Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance . Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey . It does not see the prey . </P>

Name of black and white bird with orange beak