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A photo of a Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Platalea flavipes

The yellow-billed spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is native to Australia, and is a vagrant to New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Measuring around 90 cm, the yellow-billed spoonbill has all white plumage. The long spoon-shaped bill, bare-skinned face, legs and feet are all yellow, while the iris is pale yellow. The sexes are similar in plumage and coloration. In the breeding season, the face is lined with black, long hackles develop on the chest, and the wings have black tips. The bill of the yellow-billed spoonbill is narrower and works more like a forceps than the larger-ended and more spoon-like bill of the royal spoonbill, which acts like a pair of tongs. Like all members of the ibis and spoonbill family, it always flies with its head extended.
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A photo of a Yellow-billed Spoonbill photographed in Serendip Sanctuary Australia
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Angus Hamilton
Monday 29 May 2023 - 3:31am
Australia
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Angus Hamilton
Wednesday 26 Apr 2023 - 3:50am
Australia
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Angus Hamilton
Friday 07 Apr 2023 - 11:07am
Australia
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Angus Hamilton
Monday 03 Apr 2023 - 4:56pm
Australia
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