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Platalea leucorodia (White Spoonbill)


English: White Spoonbill, Common Spoonbill, European Spoonbill
Russian:
Колпица, Обыкновенная колпица
German: Loffler
French: Spatule blanche
Mongolian: Цагаагчин халбагат, Халбаган хушуут
Japanese: ヘラサギ (Hera-sagi)

Body length: 80-93 cm
Wing span: 120-135 cm

Habitat: Breeds in colonies (parse local) in large reed swamps with some bushes and trees. Nests in trees or reeds, normally not mixed with other species. Requires to sheltered shallow open water; also salt ponds. Food molluscs, crustaceans, small fish.

Identification: Unmistakable at close range, with long bill with spatula-shaped tip. At distance can be confused only with one of the white egrets owing to its size and all-white plumage. Note bushy nuchal crest and typical foraging behavior: bill is held lowered in the water and head is swung from side to side while the bird wades forwards. Flies with neck extended, wingbeats quite fast interspersed with glides.

  • Adult breeding: Bushy crest, ochre breast patch, all-white primaries, black bill with yellow tip.
  • Adult summer/winter: As breeding, but lacks crest and ochre breast patch.
  • Juvenile/1st-winter: As adult non-breeding, but black tips to outer primaries and with initially pinkish legs and bill which gradually darken.

 

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