Species Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786 (African spoonbill)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- order: Pelecaniformes
  • --- family: Threskiornithidae
  • ---- species: Platalea alba
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 90 cm; white plumage; spoon-shaped, flatened, grey and red bill; red face and legs
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References:Sinclair 1994: 60
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