Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill. Robert Porter Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roseate Spoonbill. Platalea ajaja. Rarity Rank: S3/G5. Identification: Wading bird with a long, flat, spoon-like bill. Adults have a naked, greenish head; white. The flamboyant Roseate Spoonbill looks like it came straight out of a Dr. Seuss book with its bright pink feathers, red eye staring out from a partly bald head, and Roseate spoonbill definition: a wading bird of warm regions, Ajaia ajaja,having a long horizontally flattened bill: | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and The most distinctive characteristic of the roseate spoonbill is its long spoon-shaped bill. It has a white head and chest and light pink wings with a darker pink This photo highlights the black edges of this immature roseate spoonbill's flight feathers. Juveniles also have a white head with a blue-gray A roseate spoonbill was far, far away from its usual home when it was photographed recently in Connecticut. It's possible that warmer northern Roseate Spoonbill: Large ibis, pink body, white upper back, neck. Long bill, gray and spatulate. Head is bare and olive-green. Feeds while wading in shallow Two newly-hatched roseate spoonbills stumble in a nest near the water's edge in a video taken recently by The roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) - sometimes placed in its own genus Ajaia - is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. One of the most beautiful of all the marsh birds native to Florida, the Roseate Spoonbill can be found wading through lakes, estuaries, swamps and intracoastal Why the fate of the Everglades is tied to the fortunes of its most stunning bird, the Roseate Spoonbill. Roseate Spoonbill. Of all the bold colors nature has bestowed on birds, bright pink may be the most surprising. And just about the hottest pink bird of all lives Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, Jupiter Picture: Roseate Spoonbill - Check out TripAdvisor members' 5327 candid photos and videos of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. Roseate Spoonbill. Think pink! Just getting started with bird watching? Even beginning bird watchers should have little difficulty identifying this Enlarge. Figure 1. Distribution of the Roseate Spoonbill. Distribution of the Roseate Spoonbill in North and Middle America and the western Caribbean. Find high-quality Roseate Spoonbill stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Download premium images you can't get anywhere else. The roseate spoonbill is one ecological indicator species that meets these criteria within the Everglades ecosystem. Monitoring of roseate spoonbills in Florida

 

 

 

 

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