Tag: Platalea alba

African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)

[order] CICONIIFORMES | [family] Threskiornithidae | [latin] Platalea alba | [authority] Scopoli, 1786 | [UK] African Spoonbill | [FR] Spatule d’Afrique | [DE] Afrikanischer Loffler | [ES] Espetula africana | [NL] Afrikaanse Lepelaar Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Platalea alba AF widespread Genus Platelea or Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds […]