Eurasian spoonbill
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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".[3] In England it was traditionally known as the "shovelard", a name later used for the Northern Shoveller.
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Eurasian spoonbill | |
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Adult in breeding plumage | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Threskiornithidae |
Genus: | Platalea |
Species: | P. leucorodia |
Binomial name | |
Platalea leucorodia | |
Breeding range in Europe in blue (also in Asia and Africa, not shown) |
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