Spoonbill
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Spoonbills are a genus, Platalea, of large, long-legged wading birds. The spoonbills have a global distribution, being found on every continent except Antarctica. The genus name Platalea derives from
Roseate Spoonbill Myakka River State Park
042 Roseate spoonbill in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent
Platalea flavipes Mount Annan Botanical Gardens
Platalea alba Lake Nakuru
Threskiornithidae
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The family Threskiornithidae includes 35 extant species of large wading birds, and one more that became extinct in historical times. The family has been traditionally classified into two subfamilies,
Spoonbill
…Platalea leucorodia) by George Robert Gray in 1840. They have traditionally been thought to form one of two subfamilies, Plataleinae, in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises (Threskiornithinae). Molecular studies, including a 2013 study, have suggested instead that they form a clade within…
Sacred ibis
Rhynchaeites, a stem-ibis from the Messel Formation of Germany
American White Ibis II
Black faced ibis Tricao