Yellow-billed Spoonbill

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iYellow-billed Spoonbill

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Platalea
Species: P. flavipes
Binomial name
Platalea flavipes
Gould, 1838

The Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) occurs in shallows of fresh wetlands and occasionally on dry pasture. It often roosts in trees. Feeds by sweeping bill from side to side. They always fly with their head extended.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Platalea flavipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern