Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 15,694
- Most observed in
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eurasian spoonbill”.