Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Audubon’s Birds

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Scarlet Ibis

Audubon believed he saw three of this South American birds once, in Louisiana in 1821. These were probably drawn in England in 1837 from specimens obtained south of the United States.

In 1961, Scarlet Ibis from Trinidad were introduced to the Greynolds Park rookery. Since then they have interbred with White Ibis, and pink hybrids are occasionally seen in South Florida.

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