Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia - Spatule blanche
Description identification
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Platalea leucorodia leucorodia (Europe to n China, India and Sri Lanka)
- Platalea leucorodia balsaci (w Mauritania)
- Platalea leucorodia archeri (coasts of the Red Sea, Somalia)
Foreign names
- Spatule blanche,
- Espátula común,
- colhereiro-eurasiático,
- Löffler,
- kanalasgém,
- Lepelaar,
- Spatola,
- skedstork,
- Skjestork,
- lyžičiar biely,
- kolpík bílý,
- Skestork,
- kapustahaikara,
- becplaner comú,
- Flatnefur,
- warzęcha (zwyczajna),
- karošknābis,
- žličarka,
- Колпица,
- ヘラサギ,
- 白琵鹭,
- นกปากช้อนหน้าขาว,
- 白琵鷺,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes