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Platalea Linnaeus, 1758

204341  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204341)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip...  
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Platalea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204341 on 2024-11-24
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1998-08-21 13:28:34Z
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Depew, Lorna
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z
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2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
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Martinez, Olga

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
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