Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) - HBW 1, p. 505
French: Spatule royale
German: Königslöffler
Spanish: Espátula Real
Other common names: Black billed Spoonbill
Taxonomy: Platalea regia Gould, 1838, east coast of New South Wales.
Considered by some to form superspecies with P. leucorodia, P. minor and P. alba. Sometimes regarded as race of P. leucorodia. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia and New Zealand; Java and Sulawesi through Lesser Sundas and Moluccas to S New Guinea and Rennell I (Solomon Is).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in the water Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 4 years ago 14 sec 4.6 -
A view of how a bird uses its bill for feeding Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 28 January 2005 4 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
An adult in breeding plumage feeding in shallow tidal waters Locality Portobello, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 19 November 2005 5 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
Adult in breeding plumage, preening and resting. Locality Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 11 October 2011 17 weeks ago 25 sec 4.2 -
An adult in breeding plumage, preening, dipping its bill in tide water to do so Locality Portobello, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 19 November 2005 5 years ago 36 sec 4.2 -
An adult in non-breeding plumage feeding Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 24 May 2004 7 years ago 27 sec 4.1
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Royal spoonbill portrait.
Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 22 January 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
An adult bird standing on the ground.
Locality Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 7 April 2006 3 years ago 4 -
Adult NBR foraging in shallows along estuary.
Locality Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 27 July 2011 17 weeks ago 3.9 -
SPOONBILL
Locality Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia
John_Cupper 14 September 2011 21 weeks ago 3.9 -
SPOONBILL PORTRAIT
Locality Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia
John_Cupper 14 September 2011 21 weeks ago 3.9 -
WADING THE SWAMP
Locality Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia
John_Cupper 14 September 2011 21 weeks ago 3.8
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