Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 27,694
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The roseate spoonbill is a social wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Roseate spoonbill”.