Eurasian Spoonbill (Wild Animals by Papo)

Some of my favorite birds are the spoonbills of the genus Platalea within the Threskiornithidae family. Spoonbills are wading birds found on every continent except Antarctica and characterized by the broad, flatted tip on their bills. Sweeping their bill back and forth underwater, spoonbills use their bill tip to gather up small invertebrates, amphibians, and fishes. Figures exist for four of […]

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by Achille Mingozzi
Oasi di Sant'Alessio: Ibis Scarlatto e Spatola, Pavia, 1995

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