Scarlet Ibis family arrived at the zoo

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The Debrecen Zoo and Amusement Park has a new family, the exotic scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) family that has six members.

The unique family came from the Czech Dvur Králové Zoo. Now, the Debrecen Zoo has the biggest ibis colony in Hungary.

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The scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is a species of ibis in the bird family Threskiornithidae. It inhabits tropical South America and islands of the Caribbean. In form it resembles most of the other twenty-seven extant species of ibis, but its remarkably brilliant scarlet coloration makes it unmistakable. It is one of the two national birds of Trinidad and Tobago.

 

Source: debreceninap.hu

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