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African spoonbill (Platalea alba). Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, Africa
Spoonbill
Weißer Löffler oder Löffelreiher / Eurasian spoonbill or Common spoonbill / Platalea leucorodia
L 55-65 cm, WS 88-105 cm.Breeds colonially at shallow, well vegetated marshes; nests in trees (often with herons) or reeds.Most migrate in winter to Africa, returning in April.Gregarious; feeds (on insects, frogs) in small groups in wet marsh, wading in shallow.This is a summer visitor in small numbers in the Netherlands.
Little Egret feeds on fish, insects, and crustaceans. Spotted at Bull Island, Dublin, a wildlife haven.
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands
The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, native to Europe, Africa and Asia. The species is partially migratory with the more northerly breeding populations mostly migrating south for the winter.
Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)  standing in water
Roseate Spoonbill (juvenile) in Mangrove Lagoon
Close-up portrait of an eurasian spoonbill.
Eurasian spoonbill portrait
L 80-93cm, WS 120-135cm.Breeds in colonies (sparse local) in large reed swamps with some bushes and trees. Nests in trees or reeds, normally not mixed with other species.Requires access to sheltered shallow open water; also salt ponds. Food molluscs, crustaceans, small fish. In the Netherlands mostly seen between March -September; breeding on the Wadden Isles, \
Flying spoonbill in the Donana national park in southern Spain
Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, Ajaia ajaja,  Audubon Alafia Bank Bird Sanctuary; Bird Island; Hillsborough Bay; Tampa Bay; Florida. Perched.
spoonbill in natural habitat (Platalea leucorodia)
Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia - in search of food
Photo of a spoon bill at the Sado River in the Setúbal district in the South of Portugal.
Closeup of a common spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, foraging in water
Spatule Blanche (Platalea leucorodia) sur l'étang de Suscinio, Sarzeau, dans le Parc naturel régional du Golfe du Morbihan
L 80-93cm, WS 120-135cm.Breeds in colonies (sparse local) in large reed swamps with some bushes and trees. Nests in trees or reeds, normally not mixed with other species.Requires access to sheltered shallow open water; also salt ponds. Food molluscs, crustaceans, small fish. In the Netherlands mostly seen between March-September; breeding on the Wadden Isles, \
Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill
Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) adult standing in shallow water\
the royal spoonbill is showing his head feathers looking for a mate
Large, heron-like bird with white plumage and recognizable by its long, broad beak, curiously wrinkled and spatulate at the tip.
Eurasion Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) large, long-legged wading bird in the new Reevediep nature reserve near Kampen, Overijssel, during a beautiful springtime evening.
Taxon name: Royal Spoonbill\nTaxon scientific name: Platalea regia\nLocation: Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Royal spoonbill  with chick trying tto feed.
The African spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a long-legged wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The species is widespread across Africa and Madagascar, including Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) flying over its tree nest. The bird's distinctive spoon-shaped bill is visible.  At Doñana National Park, Spain.
A Spoonbill searches the shallow waters of Lake Amboseli for small fish and insects at Amboseli national park, Kenya
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