Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) - HBW 1
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
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
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Two birds birds foraging Lake Ziway, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 3 years ago 48 sec 4.6 -
A bird preening and then starting to sleep Lake Ziway, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 3 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A bird interrupting briefly its foraging to defecate Lake Ziway, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 3 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A bird foraging and flying away Lake Ziway, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 3 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
Several birds showing their side sweeping feeding pattern Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 1 year ago 9 sec 4.2 -
A bird actively foraging Lake Ziway, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 3 years ago 52 sec 4
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a bird searching for food in the water Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 10 weeks ago 4 -
two birds walking near the lake Langano, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 27 June 2009 37 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird standing near a pond preening. San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Lebanese26 30 July 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) and red lechwe (Kobus leche) in Moremi National Park, Botswana Botswana
LHarding 19 November 2008 1 year ago 2.5
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