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 6 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 6 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
Two birds birds foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 6 years ago 48 sec 4.3 -
A bird actively foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 6 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 6 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 6 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 1 year ago 4.2 -
at low tide
Locality Mida Creek Reserve, Kenya
Krzysztof Blachowiak 29 September 2011 45 weeks ago 4.1 -
Fishing
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Guy Poisson 30 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
Adult at water's edge
Locality South Africa
Philip Perry 24 October 2009 49 weeks ago 4 -
In flight.
Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 16 November 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
An adult standing on the edge of a marsh.
Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 4 February 2009 17 weeks ago 3.9
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A pair displaying Locality Birdland Park & Gardens, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 19 November 2011 47 weeks ago 4
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