They include Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), and little gull (Larus minor). From Wordnik.com. [Yellow Sea saline meadow] Reference
It provides critical habitat for black-faced spoonbills (Platalea minor) and important wintering habitat for other waterbird species. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests] Reference
The area is one of the most important wintering grounds for hundreds of thousands of European spoonbill Platalea leucorodia leucorodia and gull-billed terns Gelochelidon nilotica. From Wordnik.com. [Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania] Reference
Other waterbirds found on Lake Eyasi include yellowbilled stork Mycteria ibis, African spoonbill Platalea alba, avocet Recurvirostra avosetta and greyheaded gull Larus cirrocephalus. From Wordnik.com. [Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania] Reference
It is also a spring nesting area for Mediterranean and African birds including spoonbill Platalea leucorodia (1100) and the shallow lagoons become a feeding place for up to 10,000 greater flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber which during wet spells also nest in the area. From Wordnik.com. [Doñana National Park, Spain] Reference
Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia, Northern goshawk. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
This habitat is important for migratory bird species, such as common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula), crab plover (Dromas ardeola), gray plover (Charadrius squatarola), African spoonbill (Platalea alba) and great white egret (Egretta alba). From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar mangroves] Reference
Tsen Wen Estuary is the main wintering site of black-faced spoonbills (Platalea minor) and holds about 60 percent of the world’s population. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests] Reference
Platalea regia, GOULD. — — — — flavipes, GOULD. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1] Reference
Platalea regia, GOULD. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete] Reference
Platalea leucorodia. From Wordnik.com. [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference
Platalea leucorodia. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Dicrurus, leucorhynchus, Artamus, leucorodia, Platalea, leucotis, Acanthoptila. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
There are numerous rare nesting species, both on the lakes and in the forests of the ecoregion: Falco naumanni, Circus macrourus, Pelecanus crispus, Pelecanus onocrotalus, Cygnus cygnus, Oxyura leucocephala, Platalea leucorodia, Grus grus, Anthropoides virgo, Haliaeetus albicilla, Aquila shrysaetos, Aquila heliaca, Aquila rapax, Falco cherrug, Otis tarda, Otis tetrix, Chettusia gregaria, Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Bubo bubo, Larus ichthyaetus. From Wordnik.com. [Kazakh upland] Reference
Between 450-550,000 Anatidae, 250,000 Limicolae, 20,000 greater flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber, 3,000-12,000 lesser flamingos P. minor and 2,500 European spoonbills Platalea leucorodia, owe their winter survival to the quality of the environment of the Senegal river delta. 300 species have been recorded including garganey Anas querquedula, shoveler A. clypeata, pintail A. acuta, ruff Philomachus pugnax, and black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa. From Wordnik.com. [Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal] Reference
Some examples are the graylag goose (Anser anser), white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons), Little bustard (Otis tetrax), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), Pelecanidae, buff-backed heron (Bubulcus ibis = Ardeola ibis), squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), and Caspian snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius). From Wordnik.com. [Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests] Reference
About 5,000 white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus nest here regularly, as well as pinkbacked pelican Pelecanus rufescens, common cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, white-breasted cormorant P. lucidus, African darter Anhinga rufa, night heron Nycticorax nycticorax, squacco herons Ardeola spp., green heron Butorides striatus, various egrets Egretta spp., purple heron Ardea purpurea, grey heron Ardea cinerea, yellowbilled stork Mycteria ibis, sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus, glossy ibis Plegardis falcinellus, African spoonbill Platalea alba, white-faced tree duck Dendrocygna viduata, fulvus tree duck D. bicolor, spur-winged goose Plectropterus gambensis, and Sudan bustard Otis arabs. From Wordnik.com. [Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal] Reference
Similarly, there are diving ducks (Colymbus) which hide in the water at the slightest noise: others called alcaldes, brown and small, that are not very common in the environs of the island of Chapala, royal plovers (Charadrius) and of a beautiful white color with red, curved beak; rose-colored spoonbills (Platalea), of the island of Chapala, where they are very rare, since I believe they emigrate from tropical areas in the months of June and July: night-herons (Árdea nycticorax) that have on their heads three or four fine feathers, long and flexible: there are many on the island of Chapala: green kingfishers (Alcedo) and a multitude of ducks and herons that vary enormously in color, size and species. From Wordnik.com. [Did you know? The first scientific account of Lake Chapala comes from 1839] Reference
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