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Eurasian spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Description:

The Eurasian spoonbill or common spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises. Six species are recognised, all either placed in a single genus or three genera. They most closely related to the Old World ibises.

Habitat:

Bharatpur - Dec 2014

Notes:

Spoonbill feeding.

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marirs
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marirs

Rajasthan, India

Spotted on Dec 20, 2014
Submitted on Jan 2, 2015

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