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White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
  (L 25" WT 38" WT 2 lb)
Six Mile Cypress
Slough Preserve
05,06Apr2022
Nearly all white plumage and often
found nesting with other species.
Sacred in Ancient Egypt. Thoth, the
Egyptian god of wisdom and writing,
had the head of an ibis.
Eudocimus in Greek means
famous, glorious; abus in
Latin means
white.
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