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Query: Birds of europeResult: 1016th of 1703
roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Subject: roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
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Amigos diferentes.JPG
Resolution: 3264x2448 File Size: 1062813 Bytes Date: 2013:11:07 18:04:43 Camera: COOLPIX P510 (NIKON) F number: f/5.5 Exposure: 10/2000 sec Focal Length: 1605/10 Upload Date: 2017:03:26 16:46:38

roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)


7 November 2013, 18:04:43
Author Laura Pagés Méndez
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amigos_diferentes.JPG

The roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) (sometimes placed in its own genus Ajaja) is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in South America mostly east of the Andes, and in coastal regions of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, the Gulf Coast of the United States and on central Florida's Atlantic coast Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. Plegadis falcinellus is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas.

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Scientific Name: Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Names: Glossy Ibis
French: Ibis falcinelle; German: Sichler; Spanish: Morito común, Ibis cara oscura;
Taxonomy: Tantalus Falcinellus Linnaeus, 1766, “Austria, Italia” = Neusiedler See, Lower Austria.

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