Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja - Spatule rosée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Threskiornithidés

  • Genus
    :

    Platalea

  • Species
    :

    ajaja

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 87 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 127 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Longevity

10 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Spatule rosée
adult plum. breeding
Spatule rosée
juvenile

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Spatule rosée,
  • Espátula rosada,
  • colhereiro-americano,
  • Rosalöffler,
  • rózsás kanalasgém,
  • Rode Lepelaar,
  • Spatola rosata,
  • rosenskedstork,
  • Rosenskjestork,
  • lyžičiar ružový,
  • kolpík růžový,
  • Rosaskestork,
  • ruusukapustahaikara,
  • becplaner rosat,
  • warzęcha różowa,
  • sārtais karošknābis,
  • Розовая колпица,
  • ベニヘラサギ,
  • 粉红琵鹭,
  • 粉紅琵鷺,

Voice song and cries

Spatule rosée
Second

Habitat

Spatule rosée
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Spatule rosée
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