Yellow-billed Spoonbill
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| Platalea flavipes Gould, 1838 |
The Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) is common in south-east Australia, not unusual on the remainder of the continent, vagrant to New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Its food includes aquatic life, and it nests in trees, marshes or reed-beds.
It 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.
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- 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
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