#Eurasian spoonbill

[besidethepath]

I saw spoonbills for the first time! Awesome birds in a rather boring landscape and strong wind.

[useless-polls]

Toucan

Hornbill

Spoonbill

Black Skimmer

Shoebill

Parrot

Pelican

Flamingo

Avocet

Kookaburra

[kavohh707]

A strange combination. Two egrets and two spoonbills.

[basiceagles]

Eurasian spoonbill

[supposedlysecretlysapphic]

Birdtober Day 29, Spoonbill!

[inbarfink]

[harkthorn]

Ballpoint bird studies day

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[brennen-french-arts]

Eurasian Spoonbills can be found in shallow wetlands, marshes, mangroves, and floodplains across Afro-Eurasia. They are partially migratory depending on where they breed, with northern populations tending towards more substantial seasonal journeys while southern birds are largely year-round residents. They breed either in single species colonies or in single species groups in mixed species colonies alongside herons, egrets, and cormorants.

[earhartsease]

eurasian spoonbills, best of birbs - grace and lunacy embodied

(spoonbill was our nickname as a teen, and our legal surname for several years in the 80s, because why wouldn't you)

[billionneuronscurious]

Eurasian spoonbills.

One with the spoon-like bills. If you weren't already fascinated enough with various sorts of bills that birds possess, here's another one, one which is spoon-like.

[forvirresky]

Girfugol character, Marram! :D

[ifelten]

Skestork (Platalea leucorodia)

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Posting birds until I hit post limit: Eurasian spoonbill

The yellow crescent on its chest and long crest on the back of its head are things this bird only has during mating season. Outside of that, it's all white.

[kavohh707]

Eurasian Spoonbill showing how to use that spoonbill to find food in the water (they sweep their bill through the water to find small crustaceans and fish).

[earhartsease]

in my experience nobody stops having a favorite animal when they grow up but people DO stop asking. well now i'm asking. what's everyone's favorite animal mine is the noble manatee

[critter-captures]

Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) (regular plumage), family Threskiornithidae

Though spoonbills show preference for shallow wetlands, they can survive regardless of the type of water (fresh, saline, or brackish), and they may thus inhabit a wide range of habitats, like marshes, rivers, floodplains, lakes, and mangroves.

Dierenpark Zie-ZOO, taken August 2024

Previous post (with breeding plumage) can be found here.