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WetlandPlatform nestHuge · 1.9 kg
What the Eurasian Spoonbill sounds like
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This species is almost unmistakable in most of its range. The breeding bird is all white except for its dark legs, black bill with a yellow tip, and a yellow breast patch like a pelican. It has a crest in the breeding season. Non-breeders lack the crest and breast patch, and immature birds have a pale bill and black tips to the primary flight feathers. Unlike herons, spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched. The Eurasian spoonbill differs from the African spoonbill with which in overlaps in winter, in that the latter species has a red face and legs, and no crest. They are mostly silent.
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When to see the Eurasian Spoonbill
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eurasian Spoonbill
The map shades 91 countries with regular records, and 11 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Luxembourg, Finland, Iceland, Martinique, St. Lucia, Macao SAR China, North Korea, Isle of Man, Myanmar (Burma), Gibraltar, Kosovo.
About the Eurasian Spoonbill
The Eurasian spoonbill, or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, native to Europe, Africa and Asia. The species is partially migratory with the more northerly breeding populations mostly migrating south for the winter.
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Easily confused with
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaThe roseate spoonbill is 71–86 cm (28–34 in) long, with a 120–133 cm (47–52 in) wingspan and a body mass of 1.2–1.8 kg (2.6–4.0 lb).
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regiaThe royal spoonbill is a large, white bird with a black, spoon-shaped bill.
African SpoonbillPlatalea albaThe African spoonbill is a long-legged wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.
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