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Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

About Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

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

The roseate spoonbill is a social wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2002-01-01

    San Blas Ponds, Mexico

  • 2005-02-18

    Buenos Aires Reserva Costeneras, Argentina

  • 2007-10-10

    La Mancha, Mexico
    Image from 2007-10-10

  • 2008-01-06

    San Blas - Fort, Mexico
    Image from 2008-01-06

  • 2008-01-07

    San Blas Ponds, Mexico
    Image from 2008-01-07

  • 2009-01-14

    Cozumel, Mexico

  • 2009-01-18

    Lamanai Ruins River Trip, Belize

  • 2009-02-18

    Parque National Palo Verde, Costa Rica

  • 2011-07-15

    Pantanal, Brazil

  • 2013-04-16

    Aransas NWR (CTC 037) (Aransas Co.), United States of America
    Image from 2013-04-16

  • 2013-04-17

    Brazoria NWR (UTC 108), United States of America

  • 2013-04-18

    Galveston Island, United States of America

  • 2013-04-19

    Bolivar Peninsula, United States of America

  • 2019-06-26

    Arica, Chile

  • 2024-02-03

    Cayo Coco, Cuba

  • 2024-10-14

    Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos, Colombia

  • 2025-07-06

    Reserva Ecologica Manglar Churute, Ecuador