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ROYAL SPOONBILL FACTS |
Description
The Royal Spoonbill is a large white water bird with black spoon-shaped bill
Size
78cm
Habitat
shallow freshwater and saltwater wetlands, lagoons and dams.
Food
fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects.
Breeding
A solid bowl-shaped nest is built of sticks lined with leaves and water plants, and is usually placed in the crown of a tree or among high reeds. Lays 2-4 eggs.
Range
throughout eastern and northern mainland Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Ciconiiformes | | Family: | Threskiornithidae | | Genus: | Platalea | | Species: | regia | | Common Name: | Royal Spoonbill |
Relatives in same Genus
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (P. flavipes)
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