Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) - HBW 1, p. 506
French: Spatule à bec jaune
German: Gelbschnabellöffler
Spanish: Espátula Piquigualda
Other common names: Yellow-legged Spoonbill
Taxonomy: Platalea flavipes Gould, 1838, New South Wales.
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Platibis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in shallow water. Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 21 April 2009 4 years ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A bird searching for food in the water. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 4.2 -
Close-up of a bird in breeding plumage feeding in shallow water. Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 21 April 2009 3 years ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding and walking in the water. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird in breeding plumage feeding in shallow water with a Royal Spoonbill Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 31 August 2007 5 years ago 5 sec 4 -
A bird feeding by head-swinging Locality Atkinson's Dam, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1998 8 years ago 28 sec 4
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Adult wing-stretching.
Locality Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 2 January 2013 18 weeks ago 4.2 -
Bird enjoying a meal in the late afternoon
Locality Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 27 November 2012 24 weeks ago 4.2 -
Yellow-billed spoonbill
Locality Serendip Sanctuary, Lara, Victoria, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 2 October 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
Two birds in flight
Locality Tomato Lake, Kewdale, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 24 April 2013 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.2 -
An adult in breeding plumage.
Locality Tomato Lake, Kewdale, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 5 April 2013 6 weeks ago 3.9 -
Adult in pond
Locality Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 7 April 2013 6 weeks ago 3.8
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