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Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)

Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)

About Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Pelicans
  • Family: Ibises and Spoonbills

The royal spoonbill, also known as the black-billed spoonbill lives in intertidal flats and shallows of fresh and saltwater wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. It has also been recorded as a vagrant in New Caledonia. It is one of 6 spoonbill species world wide. The royal spoonbill lives in wetlands and feeds on crustaceans, fish and small insects by sweeping its bill from side to side. It always flies with its head extended. Widespread throughout its large range, the royal spoonbill is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

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Visits

  • 2012-01-13

    Otago Peninsula / Dunedin, New Zealand
    On the mudflats at Warrington.

  • 2012-11-06

    Cairns Esplanade, Australia
    Image from 2012-11-06

  • 2012-11-11

    Lakefield National Park, Australia

  • 2012-11-13

    Keatings Lagoon Conservation Park, Australia