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 Ancient Greek and means "broad", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill. Six species are recognised, which although usually placed in a single genus have sometimes been split into three genera.
Spoonbill
Image: Eurasian Spoonbill 2
Image: Black faced spoonbill at Niigata
Image: Platalea alba Lake Nakuru
10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done for plants in his 1753 publication of Species Plantarum.
Title page of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
Carl Linnaeus, oil painting by Alexander Roslin in 1775.
The Barbary macaque was included in the 10th edition as Simia sylvanus.
The snowy owl was included in the 10th edition as Strix scandiaca.