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Platalea leucorodia
Espátula común, Becplaner, Mokozabal zuri, Cullereiro
Eurasian Spoonbill, Spatule blanche, Löffler, Spatola
Platalea leucorodia
Espátula común, Becplaner, Mokozabal zuri, Cullereiro
Eurasian Spoonbill, Spatule blanche, Löffler, Spatola
Platalea leucorodia
Espátula común, Becplaner, Mokozabal zuri, Cullereiro
Eurasian Spoonbill, Spatule blanche, Löffler, Spatola
This afternoon in the meadows near Leiden in The Netherlands I saw a Eursian Spoonbill. I'm used to seeing birds from the stork and heron families. I've seen Spoonbills in Africa, but this was the first time I saw a Spoonbill in The Netherlands :-)
Blogged about it: http://wildlifespotting.blogspot.com/2011/02/european-spoonbill-in-netherlands.html
The Eurasian Spoonbill or Common Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, breeding in southern Eurasia from Spain to Japan, and also in North Africa. Most birds migrate to the tropics in winter, with European breeders mainly going to Africa, but a few remaining in mild winter areas of western Europe north to the United Kingdom.
