ABOUT THIS SPECIES
ROSEATE SPOONBILL – (Species Account Weblog #85)
TAXONOMIC TREE:
- ORDER: Pelecaniformes,
- FAMILY: Threskiornithidae,
- BINOMIAL NAME: Platalea ajaja
The Roseate Spoonbill is unmistakable and considered one of North America’s most uncommon wanting wading birds. Its plumage is really flamboyant, combining a pink physique with carmine pink on the wings and tail-coverts with a wealthy tawny, nearly orange, tail. The invoice is formed like a spatula, giving this species its title. The Roseate Spoonbill is considered one of 6 species of spoonbills worldwide, the one one discovered within the New World, and the one spoonbill that has brilliantly coloured plumage; the others are mainly white. Additionally it is the one spoonbill whose head turns into utterly unfeathered and colourful because the fowl matures. (from Birds of the World)
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
In Costa Rica we noticed a number of Roseate Spoonbills alongside the Tárcoles River.
PHOTO GALLERY
**A few of these Photograph Gallery photographs (all taken by me) have been taken in different close by nations.
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