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WoRMS taxon details

Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786

212707  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212707)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Reptilia (Superclass)
  8. Aves (Class)
  9. Ciconiiformes (Order)
  10. Threskiornithidae (Family)
  11. Platalea (Genus)
  12. Platalea alba (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 91 cm. Plumage: all white. Immature white with black tips to primaries and underwing coverts and black streaks on...  
Description Length: 91 cm. Plumage: all white. Immature white with black tips to primaries and underwing coverts and black streaks on head. Bare parts: iris white, pale blue or light grey; facial skin red, olive yellow in immature; bill upper mandible grey with red edges, lower mandible black with yellow edges and spots, yellowish horn in immature; feet and legs pink or red in adult, blackish in immature. Habitat: coastal lagoons and estuaries inland waters. <388><393><391> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212707 on 2025-04-01
Date
action
by
1998-08-17 09:55:16Z
created
Depew, Lorna
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
Adriaens, Peter

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Nomenclature

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

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Length: 91 cm. Plumage: all white. Immature white with black tips to primaries and underwing coverts and black streaks on head. Bare parts: iris white, pale blue or light grey; facial skin red, olive yellow in immature; bill upper mandible grey with red edges, lower mandible black with yellow edges and spots, yellowish horn in immature; feet and legs pink or red in adult, blackish in immature. Habitat: coastal lagoons and estuaries inland waters. <388><393><391> [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Dutch Afrikaanse lepelaar  [details]
English African spoonbill  [details]
French spatule d'Afrique  [details]
German Afrikanischer Löffler  [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platalea alba) 
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 28 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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