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A photo of a Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Eurasian Spoonbill

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The genus name Platalea is from Latin and means "broad", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill, and leucorodia is from Ancient Greek leukerodios "spoonbill", itself derived from leukos, "white" and erodios "heron". In England it was traditionally known as the "shovelard", a name later used for the Northern Shoveller. Spoonbills are most easily distinguished from ibises in the shape of their bill, which is long and flat and wider at the end. The nostrils are located near the base of the bill so that the bird can breathe while the bill is submerged in water. The eyes are positioned to provide spoonbills with binocular vision, although, when foraging, tactile senses are important too. Like ibises, spoonbills have bare patches of skin around the bill and eyes.
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Kevin Eldred
Thursday 01 Jun 2023 - 6:25pm
United Kingdom
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Sabine H
Thursday 01 Jun 2023 - 6:05pm
Spain
A photo of a Spoonbill photographed in Duinland Kampeerterrein Netherlands
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Cristina Alanis
Thursday 01 Jun 2023 - 2:36pm
Netherlands
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Cristina Alanis
Thursday 01 Jun 2023 - 2:24pm
Netherlands
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