Difference between revisions of "Black-faced spoonbill"
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| rowspan=7 | The Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one regarded as endangered. Spoonbills are large water birds with dorso-ventrally flattened, spatulate bills. These birds use a tactile method of feeding, wading in the water and sweeping their beaks from side-to-side to detect prey. | | rowspan=7 | The Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one regarded as endangered. Spoonbills are large water birds with dorso-ventrally flattened, spatulate bills. These birds use a tactile method of feeding, wading in the water and sweeping their beaks from side-to-side to detect prey. | ||
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| + | File:CollectA 88396 Black-Faced Spoonbill.jpg | [[CollectA 88396 Black-Faced Spoonbill - Standing]] | ||
| + | File:CollectA 88397 Black-Faced Spoonbill 3.jpg | [[CollectA 88397 Black-Faced Spoonbill - Walking]] | ||
File:Kaiyodo Furuta Chocoegg 5 Black-faced Spoonbill.jpg|[[Kaiyodo Furuta Chocoegg 5 Black-faced Spoonbill]] | File:Kaiyodo Furuta Chocoegg 5 Black-faced Spoonbill.jpg|[[Kaiyodo Furuta Chocoegg 5 Black-faced Spoonbill]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:19, 24 September 2016
| phylum | Chordata | The Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one regarded as endangered. Spoonbills are large water birds with dorso-ventrally flattened, spatulate bills. These birds use a tactile method of feeding, wading in the water and sweeping their beaks from side-to-side to detect prey.
For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to spoonbills |
| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Pelecaniformes | |
| family | Threskiornithidae | |
| genus | Platalea | |
| species | P. minor |
