Distribución y hábitat
Regiones tropicales. Habita las costas y los pantanos del norte de Venezuela y los llanos orientales de Colombia hasta el Brasil meridional. Su hábitat incluye estuarios, zonas costeras, lagunas, manglares y pantanos.Alimentación
Insectos, semillas y frutas, moluscos, serpientes pequeñas, crustáceos, peces, anfibios, reptiles y materia vegetal.Comportamiento
Es un ave muy sociable que se junta en grandes colonias en época de cría. Vuela en bandadas multitudinarias en forma de "V" en migraciones y desplazamientos estaciones entre costas y zonas húmedas interiores. Encuentra su alimento escarbando y palpando alrededor en el fango con su pico curvado y largo, en zonas poco profundas y bancos de arena de ríos, playas, manglares y pantanos.Reproducción
Los nidos se ubican en grandes colonias de crianza. Ambos padres cooperan en la construcción de los nidos, en la incubación de los huevos y en cuidar a los polluelos. La incubación dura aproximadamente de 19 a 23 días y ponen generalmente de 3 a 5 huevos de color verde botella rayados con marrón.The red grunt (Scarlet ibis), also called scarlet ibis, colorado grunt, corocora, red heron, cider or maned, is a species of bird native pelecaniforme Threskiornithidae family of South America; It is the national bird of Trinidad and Tobago and figure prominently in his coat of arms.
Measured 56 to 61 cm long. The body is bright red in both sexes, with a long neck and beak like a long, curved probe. The tail is short and stocky. The characteristic scarlet plumage is uniform and intensifies as the bird grows and gets older, while young are dark brown seed color. As flamingos, the red color comes from pigments having crustaceans which they feed. The long curved beak is used to probe the food in muddy areas and shallow waters, led mainly by the sense of touch. Their flight is strong and graceful, moving with the neck extended.
Distribution and habitat
Tropical regions. Inhabits the coasts and wetlands of northern Venezuela and the eastern plains of Colombia to southern Brazil. Their habitat includes estuaries, coastal lagoons, mangroves and swamps.
feeding
Insects, seeds and fruits, shellfish, small snakes, crustaceans, fish, amphibians, reptiles and plant matter.
behavior
It is a very social bird that gathers in large colonies in breeding season. Fly in massive flocks in a "V" on migration and displacement stations between coastal and inland wetlands. Find their food digging and feeling around in the mud with his long curved beak, in shallow waters and shoals of rivers, beaches, mangroves and swamps.
reproduction
The nests are located in large breeding colonies. Both parents cooperate in building nests, incubating eggs and caring for the chicks. Incubation lasts about 19-23 days and usually lay 3-5 eggs in green bottle striped with Brown.
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