Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) - HBW 1, p. 505
French: Spatule d'Afrique
German: Afrikanischer Löffler
Spanish: Espátula Africana
Taxonomy: Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786, Luzon, Philippines; error, Cape of Good Hope.
Considered by some to form superspecies with P. leucorodia, P. minor and P. regia. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegal to Ethiopia, S to Cape Province; Madagascar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird actively foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 52 sec 4.5 -
A bird foraging and flying away Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
Two birds birds foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 48 sec 4.3 -
A bird actively foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
A bird preening and then starting to sleep Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 43 sec 4.3 -
A bird interrupting briefly its foraging to defecate Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 35 sec 4.2
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A bird with a fish
Locality Mida Creek Reserve, Kenya
Piotr Jonczyk 18 September 2011 16 weeks ago 4.3 -
a bird searching for food in the water
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Bird feeding on flood plain.
Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
ian wood 17 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
One of a small group mat the Botanical Gardens
Locality Durban, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 22 October 2008 41 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult bird standing in the aviary.
Locality Riga Zoo, Riga, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 31 August 2011 22 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult bird.
Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 23 August 2008 5 weeks ago 3.4
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